Babyshambles
Merry go round
["Down in Albion", 2005]

You have always thinking of her
You're in love and you don't know what to say
But I saw her at the fair and she feels the same way
She was married by the merry-go-round

The merry-go-round
How merrily we go round
How merrily we go round
The merry-go-round

He was the first one of the day
He was the last one of the night
Oh hold me tight, hold me tight

They said you were wrongened
But I can see in your eyes
How you are gentle and wise
And you had the good stuff
Oh there's a parade of girls outside
That boy's so shy
Why'd you punch out his lights?

He was the first one of the day
He was the last one of the night
Oh mop it up, she'll be alright
Mop it up, she'll be alright

There's a parade on the hall outside
Come on and feel the air outside

Said what I like most about you Pete, is your girlfriend and your shoes
And it's nearly half past five
Can we swap again
Half past five, can we swap again

Oh there's a parade of girls outside
That boy's so shy, why'd you punch out his light?

You should get some sun on your face
You've been sitting like a lord in the bath for days
It's getting so I don't even know you

We get away with doing the little that we can
We mustn't take it too far my friend
The Albion needs every man woman and child she can get her hands on

Air
You make it easy
["Moon safari", 1998]

"Never been here- How about you ? "
You smile at my answer
You've given me the chance
To be held and understood

You leave me laughing without crying
There's no use denying
For many times I've tried
Love has never felt as good

Be it downtown or way up in the air
When your heart's pounding
You know that I'm aware

You make it easy to watch the world with love
You make it easy to let the past be done
You make it easy

How'd you do it ? How'd you find me ?
How did I find you ?
How can this be true ?
To be held and understood

Keep it coming- no one's running
The lesson I'm learning
'Cause blessings are deserved
By the trust that always could

Be it downtown or way up in the air
When your heart's pounding
You know that I'm aware

You make it easy to watch the world with love
You make it easy to let the past be done
You make it easy

You make it easy to watch the world with love
You make it easy to let the past be done
You make it easy

Tool
Ænima
["Ænima", 1996]

Some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will.
I sure could use a vacation from this

Bullshit three ring circus sideshow of
Freaks

Here in this hopeless fucking hole we call LA
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any fucking time. Any fucking day.
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay.

Fret for your figure and
Fret for your latte and
Fret for your hairpiece and
Fret for your lawsuit and
Fret for your prozac and
Fret for your pilot and
Fret for your contract and
Fret for your car.

It's a
Bullshit three ring circus sideshow of
Freaks

Here in this hopeless fucking hole we call LA
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any fucking time. Any fucking day.
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay.

Some say a comet will fall from the sky.
Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
Followed by faultlines that cannot sit still.
Followed by millions of dumbfounded dipshits.

Some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will cuz
I sure could use a vacation from this

Silly shit, stupid shit...

One great big festering neon distraction,
I've a suggestion to keep you all occupied.

Learn to swim.

Mom's gonna fix it all soon.
Mom's comin' round to put it back the way it ought to be.

Learn to swim.

Fuck L Ron Hubbard and
Fuck all his clones.
Fuck all those gun-toting
Hip gangster wannabes.

Learn to swim.

Fuck retro anything.
Fuck your tattoos.
Fuck all you junkies and
Fuck your short memory.

Learn to swim.

Fuck smiley glad-hands
With hidden agendas.
Fuck these dysfunctional,
Insecure actresses.

Learn to swim.

Cuz I'm praying for rain
And I'm praying for tidal waves
I wanna see the ground give way.
I wanna watch it all go down.
Mom please flush it all away.
I wanna watch it go right in and down.
I wanna watch it go right in.
Watch you flush it all away.

Time to bring it down again.
Don't just call me pessimist.
Try and read between the lines.

I can't imagine why you wouldn't
Welcome any change, my friend.

I wanna see it all come down.
suck it down.
flush it down.

Bruce Springsteen
Born to run
["Born to run", 1975]

In the day we sweat it out on the streets
of a runaway american dream
At night we ride through mansions of glory
in suicide machines
Sprung from cages out on Highway 9,
Chrome wheeled, fuel injected and steppin out
over the line
Baby this town rips the bones from your back
It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap
We gotta get out while we're young
`cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run

Wendy let me in I wanna be your friend
I want to guard your dreams and visions
Just wrap your legs round these velvet rims
And strap your hands across my engines
Together we could break this trap
We'll run till we drop,
baby we'll never go back
Will you walk with me out on the wire
`cause baby I'm just a scared and lonely rider
But I gotta find out how it feels
I want to know if love is wild,
girl I want to know if love is real

Beyond the palace hemi-powered drones
scream down the boulevard
The girls comb their hair in rearview mirrors
And the boys try to look so hard
The amusement park rises bold and stark
Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist
I wanna die with you Wendy on the streets tonight
In an everlasting kiss

The highway's jammed with broken heroes
on a last chance power drive
Everybody's out on the run tonight
but there's no place left to hide
Together Wendy we can live with the sadness
I'll love you with all the madness in my soul
Someday girl I don't know when
we're gonna get to that place
Where we really want to go
and we'll walk in the sun
But till then tramps like us
baby we were born to run

Babyshambles
You talk
["Shotters nation", 2007]

You talk,
you talk a good game
Wish I could talk the same
A song is just a game
I'm getting good at cheating at

You talk,
yes you talk a good game
Won't you teach me the same
Oh I'd love to explain,
like showing your hand and all about

Oh well I know, I know, I know
I know and so and so and so
So what I suppose it's got to

Oh well I never said it was clever
I just like gettin' leathered
Looking for the light
The light behind your eyes

You talk,
you talk a good game
Wish I could talk the same
A song is just a game
I'm getting good at cheating at

Utah,
remember Utah in the rain
And those little red shoes
and some kid with the blues
Who gets right on your tits
you just grin and bear it

Oh well I know, I know, I know
I know it's wrong and so and so and so
So what I suppode it's got to

Oh well I never said it was clever
I just like gettin' leathered
Looking for the light the light behind your eyes

Bevan, he drops stones from heaven
L O R D for ever
And the love, the love behind your eyes

You talk, you talk a good game
You talk, you talk a good game
You talk, you talk a good game
You talk, you talk a good game

Will I never, ever said it was clever
I just like getting leathered
Looking for the light
The light behind your eyes

Bevan, he drops stones from heaven
L O R D for ever
And the love behind your eyes

Vinicio Capossela
Ultimo amore
["Modì", 1991]

Fresca era l'aria di giugno
e la notte sentiva l'estate arrivar
Tequila, Mariachi e Sangria
la fiesta invitava a bere e a ballar
lui curvo e curioso taceva
una storia d'amore cercava
guardava le donne degli altri
parlare e danzare

e quando la notte è ormai morta
gli uccelli sono soliti il giorno annunciar
le coppie abbracciate son prime
a lasciare la fiesta per andarsi ad amar
la pista ormai vuota restava
lui stanco e sudato aspettava
lei per scherzo girò la sua gonna
e si mise a danzar

lei aveva occhi tristi e beveva
volteggiava e rideva ma pareva soffrir
lui parlava stringeva ballava
guardava quegli occhi e provava a capir
e disse son zoppo per amore
la donna mia m'ha spezzato il cuore
lei disse il cuore del mio amore
non batterà mai più

e dopo al profumo dei fossi
a lui parve in quegli occhi potere veder
lo stesso dolore che spezza le vene
che lascia sfiniti la sera
la luna altre stelle pregava
che l'alba imperiosa cacciava
lei raccolse la gonna spaziosa
e ormai persa ogni cosa
presto lo seguì

piangendo urlando e godendo
quella notte lei con lui si unì
spingendo, temendo e abbracciando quella notte
lui con lei capì
che non era avvizzito il suo cuore
e già dolce suonava il suo nome
sciolse il suo voto d'amore
e a lei si donò

poi d'estate bevendo e scherzando
una nuova stagione a lui parve venir
lui parlava inventava giocava
lei a volte ascoltava e si pareva divertir
ma giunta che era la sera
girata nel letto piangeva
pregava potere dal suo amore
riuscire a ritornar

e un giorno al profumo dei fossi
lui invano aspettò di vederla arrivar
scendeva ormai il buio e trovava
soltanto la rabbia e il silenzio di sera
la luna altre stelle pregava
che l'alba imperiosa cacciava
restava l'angoscia soltanto
e il feroce rimpianto
per non vederla ritornar

il treno è un lampo infuocato
se si guarda impazziti il convoglio venir
un momento, un pensiero affannato
e la vita è rapita senza altro soffrir
la poteron riconoscere soltanto
dagli anelli bagnati dal suo pianto
il pianto di quell'ultimo suo amore
dovuto abbandonar

lui non disse una sola parola
no, non dalla sua gola un sospiro fuggì
i gendarmi son bruschi nei modi
se da questi episodi non han da ricavar
così resto solo a ricordare
il liquore pareva mai finire
e dentro quel vetro rivide
una notte d'amor

quando dopo al profumo dei fossi
a lui parve in quegli occhi potere veder
lo stesso dolore che spezza le vene
che lascia sfiniti la sera
la luna altre stelle pregava
che l'alba imperiosa cacciava
a lui restò solo il rancore
per quel breve suo amore
che mai dimenticò