Testo di Pete Sinfield. Musica di Franco Mussida, Mauro Pagani e Flavio Premoli. Da "The world became the world", 1974.
Testo:
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Scraping his bow,
the old violinist plays out of tune,
blues on his fingers.
The people hurry by
as he plays upon his corner,
sometimes throw a coin
and if they see the pain in his eyes
they just look away.
Old men in the park
spitting at the world
just count the hours
(faded flowers
left up on the shelf,
trying to keep warm
in an overcoat of memories,
soon be dead).
Scraping for fuel
this crazy old world is quite out of tune,
too many trumpets.
The people hurry by
all looking for a corner
and if they meet a friend
who asks them to repay some old favour,
they just look away.
Old men in the dark
sitting on the world
play cards with words,
so absurd,
the devil's harmony.
Each man to himself
in a well cut suit of selfishness,
just looks away.
Thanks! Great audio quality of this beautiful song.
RobinB84 3 weeks ago
Just 2 days after my loved Italian father passed away I was away in NY... Did not have a chance to say goodbye to him. While waiting for the Subway a flute man played my father's favorite song... He said: You father said hello...
MISTERY: My father was indeed a flute player and I never knew the man who played me that passage of my father favorite song to play... I JUST LOOKED AWAY ! circa 1988
Ronaldologia 7 months ago
Thank you for posting this beautiful song and typing the meaningful lyrics.
gwxk 1 year ago