Jeff Buckley - il sito di un sogno

I feel the time is coming
I
I walk into your eyes
oh
I don't care if the clock is turning
cuz I'm going to the other side
you either die
or you keep on burning alive
and i am burning

I
I walked a long long distance
I
I'm feeling sore inside
oh
I don't care if the sky is falling
cuz I'll never get to see the light

and what costume shall the poor girl wear
to all tomorrow's parties
a hand-me-down dress from who knows where
to all tomorrow's parties
and where will she go and what shall she do
when midnight comes around
she'll turn once more to Sunday's clown
and cry behind the door

and what costume shall the poor girl wear
to all tomorrow's parties
why silks and linens of yesterday's gowns
to all tomorrow's parties
and what will she do with yesterday's rags
when Monday comes around
she'll turn once more to Sunday's clown
and cry behind the door

and what costume shall the poor girl wear
to all tomorrow's parties
for thursday's child 
is sunday's clown
for whom none will go mourning

a blackened shroud
a hand-me-down gown
of rags and silks - a costume
fit for one who sits and cries
for all tomorrow's parties

^ torna su

< testi

aah! aaah!!
aah aah aah!

take the blood out of an alligator
take the left eye out of a fish
take the skin off of a frog
and mix it all up in a dish
add a cup of grease swamp water
and then count from one to nine
spit over your left shoulder
and you got alligator wine

alligator wine
your porcupine
is gonna make you mine
is gonna make you mine

it'll make your head bald, babe
I say it'll make your toes freeze
it'll turn your blood into steam
it'll make you cough and sneeze
you gotta scream UHH like an eagle
you gonna roar like a mountain lion
when you finished drinking
good old alligator wine

alligator wine
your porcupine
is gonna make you mine
is gonna make you mine

meet me at the stroke of midnight
by the swamp down in the wood
I'm gonna make you love me babe
like you never thought you could
you gonna drink my magic potion
and your bloodshot eye is gonna shine
you'll be staring forever
on my alligator wine

alligator wine
yeah yeah, is gonna make you mine
your porcupine
is gonna make you mine
is gonna make you mine
uh uh aah
uh aah

^ torna su

< testi

should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and auld lang syne!

for auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

and surely ye'll be your pint stowp!
and surely I'll be mine!
and we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

for auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

we twa hae run about the braes,
and pou'd the gowans fine;
but we've wander'd mony a weary fit
sin' auld lang syne.
for auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

we twa hae paidl'd in the burn,
frae morning sun till dine;
but seas between us briad hae roar'd
sin' auld lang syne.

for auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

and there's a hand, my trusty fere!
and gie's a hand o' thine!
and we'll tak' a right gude-willie waught,
for auld lang syne.

for auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet,
for auld lang syne

he is a cat but he's very very fat
he's not just a standard cat
he is a cat but he's still very fat
american calico cat

catnip is a kitty cat drug
one puff two puffs - high in a dream
funny kitty's got very sleepy eyes
i wonder what he's dreaming of
catnip dream catnip dream catnip
dream meow meow meow

he gets his kicks from a tiny toy
a green frog filled with catnip
and pretty soon he's going to be seventeen
kitty cat birthday party

catnip is a kitty cat drug
we plant catnip seeds together
all summer long he watches it growing
dreaming of the harvest moon
catnip dream catnip dream catnip
dream meow meow meow

he is a cat and he's very very smart
he knows the coolest place in the yard
he is the king of the neighborhood
american calico cat

catnip is a kitty cat drug
one puff two puffs - high in a dream
funny kitty's got very sleepy eyes
I wonder what he's dreaming of
catnip dream catnip dream catnip
dream meow meow meow

I used to know this old scarecrow
he was my song
my joy and sorrow
cast alone between the furrows
of a field no longer sown by anyone

I held a dandelion
that said the time had come
to leave upon the wind
not to return
when summer burned the earth again

cultivate the freshest flower
this garden ever grew
beneath these branches
I once wrote such childish words for you

but that's okay
there's treasure children always seek to find
and just like us
you must have had
a once upon a time

thy hand, belinda; darkness shades me:
on thy bosom let me rest:
more I would, but death invades me:
death is now a welcome guest.

when I am laid in earth, may my wrongs create
no trouble in thy breast;
remember me, but ah! forget my fate.

if I had wings like noah's dove
I'd fly up the river to the one i love
fare thee well, oh honey, fare thee well

I've got a man, he's long and tall
moves his body like a cannon ball
fare thee well, oh honey, fare thee well

one of these days and it won't be long
call my name and I'll be gone
fare thee well, oh honey, fare thee well

I remember one night, a drizzling rain
round my heart I felt an achin' pain
fare thee well, oh honey, fare thee well

when I wore my apron low
couldn't keep you from my do''
fare thee well, oh honey, fare thee well

now I wear my apron high
scarcely ever see you passing by
fare thee well, oh honey, fare thee well

now my apron's up to my chin
you pass my door and you won't come in
fare thee well, oh honey, fare thee well

if I had listened to what my mama said
I'd be at home in my mama's bed
fare thee well, oh honey, fare thee well

farewell angelina
the bells of the crown
are being stolen by bandits
I must follow the sound
the triangle tingles
and the trumpets play slow
farewell angelina
the sky is on fire
and I must go

there's no need for anger
there's no need for blame
there's nothing to prove
ev'rything's still the same
just a table standing empty
by the edge of the sea
farewell angelina
the sky is trembling
and I must leave

the jacks and the queens
have forsaked the courtyard
fifty-two gypsies
now file past the guards
in the space where the deuce
and the ace once ran wild
farewell angelina
the sky is folding
I'll see you in a while

see the cross-eyed pirates sitting
perched in the sun
shooting tin cans
with a sawed-off shotgun
and the neighbors they clap
and they cheer with each blast
farewell angelina
the sky's changing color
and I must leave fast

king kong, little elves
on the rooftops they dance
valentino-type tangos
while the make-up man's hands
shut the eyes of the dead
not to embarrass anyone
farewell angelina
the sky is embarassed
and i must be gone

the machine guns are roaring
the puppets heave rocks
the fiends nail time bombs
to the hands of the clocks
call me any name you like
I will never deny it
farewell angelina
I must go where it's quiet

and drinking dust
with eyes of rust
tonight my tears might stain your wings
so flutter home
'cause you're better off alone than with me

so hide your face
and tie your lace
and butterflies across your cheek
forget how soon
you'll become a fool for words when I speak

flutter girl
you don't want to know what I've lived
you don't want to take what I give
and i give nothing for free

you don't want to know what I've lived
you don't want to take what I give
and I give nothing for free

my hands are rough
my fingers cold
your heart's so young and so naive
to ever feel
for a moment that I might let you believe...

I'll melt your smile
I'll tear your wings
I'll color everything you see
so flutter home
'cause you're better off alone than with me

flutter girl
you don't want to know what I've lived
you don't want to take what I give
'cause i give nothing for free

and you don't want to know what I've lived
you don't want to take what I give
'cause I give nothing for free

flutter girl
you don't want to know what I've lived
you don't want to take what I give
and I give nothing for free

good mornin' 'lil school girl,
can I go home, can I go home with you?
tell your mother and your father,
I'm a little school boy too

woke up this mornin',
woke up this mornin',
I didn't know what to,
I didn't know what to do
I didn't have no blues,
baby, bit I couldn't be satisfied

I'm gettin' me an airplane,
I'm gettin' me an airplane,
get in my airplane
gon' fly all oh-oh, gon' fly all over this land
I'm gonna find my little school girl,
find her in the world somewhere

good mornin' 'lil school girl,
good mornin' 'lil school girl
can I go home with, can I go home with,
can I go home with you?
tell your mother and your father,
johnny little school boy too

come be my baby, come be my baby,
I buy you a diamond, I buy you a diamond ring
you don't be my little baby,
I ain't gonna buy you a doggone ring

^ torna su

< testi

in the quest for the test to fulfill an achievement, everybody's only in it for themselves.
but the fact of the matter is they don''t care to extend a helping hand to anyone else.
so tell me why you had to lie and try to make me all confused about the U.S.A.,
when the fact of the matter is you just don't care to comprehend or understand a single word I say.

I don't want to have I go against I
oh let me tell you.
and it's the same old story no factual glory.
I against I against I against I
and I say I don't like it and I know I don't want it..
I against I against I against I
almighty watching almighty watching.
I against I against I against I against I
and I say I don't like it.
and I know I don't want it.
I against I against I against I

I said who is gonna tell the youth the truth about the drugs, mugs bugs, and the police thugs.
about the rotten stinkin' rackets and the fantasies around the nation, around the nations.
oh baby what gonna do I tell you the truth is looking straight at you...
I got a brass continental a 300-z, two color t.v.s now video too.
I got a rest home in jamaica for my fantasy for my family.
around the nation. around the nation. what you gonna do?
what are you going to do?

oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
and as I climb into an empty bed - oh well, enough said
I know it's over still I cling, I don't know where else I can go, over and over...
oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
see the sea wants to take me, the knife wants to slit (cut) me
do you think you can help me

sad veiled bride please be happy - handsome groom give her room
loud loutish lover treat her kindly though she needs you
more than she loves you - and I know it's over - still I cling
I don't know where else I can go - over and over.....
I know it's over and it never really began but in my heart it was so real

and she even spoke to me and said
"if you're so funny, then why are you on your own tonight?"
"and if you're so clever then why are you on your own tonight?"
"and if you're so very entertaining then why are you on your own tonight?"
"and if you're so very good looking, then why do you sleep alone tonight?"

I know - 'cos tonight is just like any other night - that's why you're on your own tonight
with your triumphs and your charms - while they're in each other's arms
it's so easy to laugh it's so easy to hate it takes strength to be gentle
and kind - over and over....
it's so easy to laugh it's so easy to hate it takes guts to be gentle
and kind - over and over....

love is natural and real - but not for you my love not tonight my love
love is natural and real - but not for such as you and I my love, oh mother...

I loves you Porgy
don't let him take me
don't let him handle me
and drive me mad
if you can keep me
I like to stay here
with you forever
and I'll be so glad

someday, he's coming back to call me
he's gonna handle me and hold me so
it's gonna feel like dying, Porgy
dying dying deep inside me
but when he calls I know I have to go

I loves you Porgy
don't let him take me
don't let him handle me
with his hard hand
if you can keep me
I like to stay here
with you forever
cause I got my man
with you forever
cause I got my man

^ torna su

< testi

Oh I never asked to be your mountain
I never asked to fly
remember when you came to me
and told me of his lies
you didn't understand my love
you don't know why i try
and the rain was falling on that day
and damn the reason why

the flying pisces sails for time
and tells me of my child
wrapped in bitter tales and heartache
he begs for just a smile
o he never asked to be her mountain
he never asked to fly
and through his eye he comes his love
and tells her not to cry

she says, "your scoundrel father flies
with a dancer called a queen
and with her stolen cards he plays
and laughs, but never wins"
o the child dreams to be his hands
in the counting of the rain
but only barren breasts he feels
for her milk will never drain

as I die I can't remember
where I saw the rain:
could it be that her laughter
drove me down again?
charming dancer will you stop,
stop and talk to me?
is there someone else you feel
in your dreams? you will, you see:
in midnight gazes
I've found you far from me:
if you lead me on
please leave me down

o flying flying fish
please flutter by my door:
yes you can drink my lies
if first you read my eyes:
each one is titled
"I'm drowning back to you":
I can't swim your waters
and you can't walk my lands:
I'm sailing all my sins
and I'm climbing all my fears
and soon now I'll fly

o I never asked to be your mountain
I never asked to fly
remember when you came to me
and told me of his lies
you didn't understand my love
you don't know why I try
and the rain was falling on that day
and that's the reason why

sweet lover, will you come back
and love me for a while?
please take my hand
leave all your fears behind

I've been gone too long
now I'm home to stay
please don't leave me
again this way

peep hole, peach blow, pandora, pompadour
pale leaf, pink sweet, persephone, near our rito
peep peep hole, bit animal, peep peep
he didn't deal, little rito, peep peep hole
with the part animal, peep peep, near our rito
peep peep hole, bit animal, peep peep

he didn't deal, little rito
peep peep hole
with the part animal
predentive, predo
pra-da-da-dee