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Come mi piaceva il disco dei Replacements
che in copertina aveva due cagnetti e nulla più
persi nella pioggia, nella nebbia e dentro al fango.
Così in fondo si sentivano loro
devastati dalla droga e dall'alcool
e dal sogno di questo mattino che si chiama gioventù.
Così in fondo si sentivano loro
e vedevano nel sogno svanirsi
dei motivi sacrosanti per dire "tutto sta cadendo giù".
Io però quel disco, io mica l'ho comprato
perché con quel che costano i dischi oggi
si compra solo l'essenziale
perché con quel che costano i dischi oggi
io non ne compro quasi più.
Ma lo guardavo, da una vetrina
come mi piaceva... così pioveva.
Federico Fiumani, "Il disco dei Replacements"
Disco che suggella la parabola dei Mats, anche se di questi resta ben poco, nulla. Di fatto questo lavoro verrà ricordato come la prima opera della carriera solista di Westerberg.
Cos'altro aggiungere? Non compratelo. Perché con quel che costano i dischi oggi...
Elenco tracce testi e samples
01 Merry Go Round (03:39)
Hush was the first word you were taught
And they watched you wear
The clothes they claimed that they bought
They brought you down
To watch the merry-go around
In fall, you knew how much it cost
A trouble doll
Around your neck when you lost
You wouldn't make a sound
But I could hear your little heart pound
And I watched your feet slip off the ground
Merry go round in dreams
Writes 'em down, it seems
When she sleeps, she's free
Merry go round in dreams
You wake to another day and find
The wind's blowing out of key with your sky
Only you can see
And the rain dancing in the night
Everybody stands around in delight
Merry go round in dreams
Writes 'em down, it seems
When she sleeps, she's free
Merry go round in dreams
And everybody thinks she's sick
She's got two worlds she can pick
And she's sad
Hush is the only word you know
And I stopped listening long ago
They ignored me with a smile
You as a child
But the trouble doll hears your heart pound
And your feet they say goodbye to the ground
Merry go round in dreams
Writes 'em down, it seems
When she sleeps, she's free
Merry go round in dreams
Merry go round in dreams
Merry go round in me
Merry go round
Round and round in me
Merry go round
Round and round in me
03 Nobody (03:10)
Heartaches, on your wedding day
Double takes when they look my way
Knees quake, there ain't a shotgun in the place
You like the frosting, you just bought the cake
Your eyes can't fake
Still in love with nobody
And I won't tell nobody
The bridegroom
Drags you 'cross that room
Said I do
But honey you were just a kid
Your eyes said I did
Still in love with nobody
Nobody, nobody
And I won't tell nobody
Take a look
On your wedding night
In your wedding book
See what name I signed
Hey
Love nobody,
Nobody, nobody
Then nobody
Nobody, nobody, nobody
Hips shake
To the band for old time's sake
Now you make your getaway
And you're waving to the stage
But on the last page says
Love nobody
Nobody, nobody
And I won't tell nobody
Nobody, nobody
Yeah you're still in love with nobody
Nobody, nobody
And I used to be nobody
Nobody, nobody
Not anymore
05 Sadly Beautiful (03:16)
From the very first day that you were born
To the very last time you waved and honked your horn
I had no chance at all to watch you grow
Up so sadly, beautiful
Up so sadly, beautiful
Baby needs a brand new pair of eyes
'Cause the ones you got now see only goodbyes
Had no chance at all to let you know
Oh so sadly, beautiful
Sadly, beautiful
Well you got your father's hair
And you got your father's nose
But you got my soul
Sadly, beautiful
From the very last time you waved and honked your horn
To a face that turned away pale and worn
Had no chance at all to let you know
You left me sadly, beautiful
Left me sadly, beautiful
Sadly, beautiful
So sadly
So sadly
06 Someone Take the Wheel (03:40)
Rip out the table
We need room to move
In a life unstable
You're so easily amused
Anywhere you hang
Yourself is home
Throw in a tape, fix the tone
Someone take the wheel
And I don't know where we're going
Anybody say what you feel
Back home I guess it's still snowin'
The windows are dirty, let's hope it rains
Add another newspaper
Something to do with my change
I see we're fighting again in some fuckin' land
Throw in another tape man
Someone take the wheel
And I don't know where we're going
Anybody say what you feel
Everybody's sad, but nobody's showin'
Show me one night
Kiss until I'm tired
Show me one night
Show
The music is pounding
Out in that rain
And we're standing in the shadow
Forever on the brink
Turn it up so I don't have to think
Someone take the wheel
And I don't care where we're going
Anybody say what you feel
Everybody's sad, but nobody's showin'
Someone take the wheel
Someone take the wheel
07 When It Began (03:07)
Stop at a light that shine bright blue
And where you've been is still in view
You stop at nothing at your first chance
Now it's nothing like when it began
When it began
When it began
When it began
Long ago, or yesterday
The queen sits quietly as the jester plays
She plays off with their heads and on with my pants
Oh and it was something, when it began
Oh when it began
When it began
When it began
Oh and nothing
Hey that's something I understand
I dance, try to make you laugh
I play the fool, a king at your command
Oh yeah
Hey
I never had to bow to you when we began
Now I can play you a tune
At your command
Oooh and if you say nothing
Then that's something I'll understand
When it began
When we began
When it began
When it began
09 Attitude (02:43)
Well when you open that bottle of wine
You open a can of worms every time
Now you don't stop, that ain't true
Never said a word, I never had to
It was my attitude
That you thought was rude
It was my attitude
Old habits are hard to break
And I don't know how much I can take
What I think is on the tip
Of my tongue should I let it slip
It was my attitude
That you thought was rude, not me
It was my attitude
That you thought was rude
Remember sitting back in school
I held my tongue until it turned blue
they said I had an attitude
You just failed my test
'Cause I know you be the best
So wipe me off as you conclude
A POV is what I can't use
I got an attitude
I got an attitude
Said I had an attitude
Said I had an attitude
Said I had an attitude
An attitude
Said I had an attitude
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