LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: THE GOLDEN AGE/BECK

Put your hands on the wheel
Let the golden age begin
Let the window down
Feel the moonlight on your skin
Let the desert wind cool your aching head
Let the weight of the world drift away instead

These days i barely get by
I don't even try

It's a treacherous road with a desolated view
There's distant lights but here they're far and few
And the sun don't shine even when it's day
You gotta drive all night just to feel like you're okay

These days i barely get by
I don't even try
I don't even try

ALBUM: SEA CHANGE (2002)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: PEARLY/RADIOHEAD

How do you get your teeth so pearly?
White-washed fences
Dewdrop dentures
She runs from the third world
Pearly

Vanilla (feel it crawl to me)
Milkshakes (crawl back again)
From hard rock (whatever you say)
Cafes (it won't go away)
That's where (I feel it crawl to me)
She got her (crawl back again)
Sweet tooth (it won't go away)
For white boys (whatever you say)

She runs from the third world
Pearly

ALBUM: AIRBAG/HOW AM I DRIVING? (1998)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: ECHOES/GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT

ALBUM: GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT (2008)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: UNTITLED 3 (Samskeyti/Attachment)/SIGUR RÓS

ALBUM: () (2002)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: FOREVER LOST/GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT

ALBUM: ALL IS VIOLENT, ALL IS BRIGHT (2006)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: THE LOOK YOU GIVE THAT GUY/EELS

I never tought that I could be so bold
to even say these toughts aloud
I see you with him, and your eyes just shine
while he stands tall and walking proud

That look you give that guy, I wanna see
Looking right at me
If I could be that guy, instead of me
I'd never let you down

It always seems like you're going somewhere
better than you've been before
When I go to sleep, and I dream all night
of you knocking on my door

That look you give that guy, I wanna see
Looking right at me
If I could be that guy, instead of me
I'd be all I can be
I'd be all I can be

I'm nothing like what I'd like to be
I'm nothing much, I know it's true
I'd like to stand in a better view
And my chances are so few

That look you give that guy, I wanna see
Looking right at me
If I could be that guy, instead of me
I'd give you all I got

I never tought that I could be so bold
to even say these toughts aloud
But if let's say, it won't work out
You know where I can be found

That look you give that guy, I wanna see
Looking right at me
If I could be that guy, instead of me
I'd never let you down
I'd never let you down

ALBUM: HOMBRE LOBO: 12 SONGS OF DESIRE (2009)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: CARAVAN OF LOVE/THE HOUSEMARTINS

Are you ready
Are you ready
Are you ready
Are you ready
Are you ready for the time of your life
It's time to stand up and fight
It's alright
It's alright
Hand in hand we take a caravan to the mother land
One by one we gonna stand up with pride
One that can't be denied
Stand up
Stand up
From the highest mountain, valley low
We'll join together with hearts of gold
Now the children of the world can see
This is a better place for us to be
The place in which we were born
So neglected and torn apart

Every woman every man
Join the caravan of love
(Stand up) Stand up
Stand up
Everybody take a stand
Join the caravan of love
(Stand up) Stand up
Stand up

I'm your brother
I'm your brother don't you know
She's my sister
She's my sister don't you know

We'll be living in a world of peace
And the day when everyone is free
We'll bring the young and the old
Won't you let your love flow, from your heart

Every woman every man
Join the caravan of love
(Stand up) Stand up
Stand up
Every body take a stand
Join the caravan of love
(Stand up) Stand up
Stand up

I'm your brother
I'm your brother don't you know
She's my sister
She's my sister don't you know

So are you ready ( he's coming )
Are you ready ( he's coming )
Are you ready ( he's coming )
Are you ready ( he's coming on the caravan )
You better get ready ( go for it )
You better get ready ( go for it )
You better get ready ( go for it )
You better get ready

ALBUM: NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL QUITE GOOD! (1988)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: CANDY/PAOLO NUTINI

I was perched outside in the pouring rain
Trying to make myself a sail
Then I’ll float to you my darlin’
With the evening on my tail
Although not the most honest means of travel
It gets me there nonetheless
I’m a heartless man at worst, babe
And a helpless one at best

Darling I’ll bathe your skin
I’ll even wash your clothes
Just give me some candy, before I go
Oh, darling I’ll kiss your eyes
And lay you down on your rug
Just give me some candy
After my heart

Oh I’m often false explaining
But to her it plays out all the same
and although I’m left defeated
It get’s held against my name
I know you got plenty to offer baby
But I guess I’ve taken quite enough
Well I’m some stain there on your bedsheet
You’re my diamond in the rough

Darling I’ll bathe your skin
I’ll even wash your clothes
Just give me some candy
before I go
Oh, darling I’ll kiss your eyes
And lay you down on your rug
Just give me some candy
After my heart

I know that there´re writings on the wall
But Darling I’ll bathe your skin
I’ll even wash your clothes
Just give me some candy
After my heart

Oh, I’ll be there waiting for you

ALBUM: SUNNY SIDE UP (2009)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: I WILL SURVIVE/CAKE

At first I was afraid
I was petrified
I kept thinking I could never live without you
By my side
But then I spent so many nights
Just thinking how you've done me wrong
I grew strong
I learned how to get along

And so you're back
From outer space
I just walked in to find you
Here with that sad look upon your face
I should have changed my fucking lock
I would have made you leave your key
If I had known for just one second
You'd be back to bother me

Oh, now go
Walk out the door
Just turn around
Now, you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one
Who tried to break me with desire?
Did you think I'd crumble?
Did you think I'd lay down and die?

Oh, not I
I will survive
Yeah
As Long as I know how to love
I know I'll be alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
I will survive
I will survive

It took all the strength I had
Just not to fall apart
I'm trying hard to mend the pieces
Of my broken heart
And I spent oh so many nights
Just feeling sorry for myself
I used to cry
But now I hold my head up high

And you see me
With somebody new
I'm not that stupid little person
Still in love with you
And so you thought you'd just drop by
And you expect me to be free
But now I'm saving all my lovin'
For someone who's lovin' me

Oh, now go
Walk out the door
Just turn around
Now, you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one
Who tried to break me with desire?
Did you think I'd crumble?
Did you think I'd lay down and die?

Oh, not I
I will survive
Yeah
As long as I know how to love
I know I'll be alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
I will survive
I will survive

ALBUM: FASHION NUGGET (1996)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: LIGHT TRAVELS/SIMPLE MINDS

Light travels through the universe
It arrives, it remains
Things get better after things get worst
I feel the same
Nothing's changed
Nothing's changed

Worlds unravel at the all of us
they arrive, they refrain
Things get better after things get worst
I feel the same
Nothing's changed
But there's no need to worry
Hello hello
There's anybody home?
But there's no need to worry
Hello, hello
See them come, see them go, see, see them all

Light travels through the universe
It arrives, it remains
Things get better after things get worst
I feel the same
Nothing's changed
But there's no need to worry
Hello hello
There's anybody home?
But there's no need to worry
Hello, hello
See them come, see them go
But there's no need to worry
There's anybody home?
But there's no need to worry

Hello, hello

Light travels through the universe

ALBUM: GRAFFITIT SOUL (2009)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: LOTUS SEVEN/DE LA MANCHA

ALBUM: ATLAS (2008)
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LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: DECLARE INDEPENDENCE/BJÖRK

Diretto da MICHEL GONDRY

Declare independence!
Don't let them do that to you!
Declare independence!
Don't let them do that to you!

Declare independence!
Don't let them do that to you!
Declare independence!
Don't let them do that to you!

Start your own currency!
Make your own stamp
Protect your language

Declare independence
Don't let them do that to you
Declare independence
Don't let them do that to you

Make your own flag!

Raise your flag!
Higher, higher!

Declare independence!
Don't let them do that to you!
Declare independence!
Don't let them do that to you!
Damn colonists
Ignore their patronizing
Tear off their blindfolds
Open their eyes

Declare independence!
Don't let them do that to you!
Declare independence!
Don't let them do that to you!

With a flag and a trumpet
Go to the top of your highest mountain!

Raise your flag!
Higher, higher!

Declare independence!
Don't let them do that to you!
Declare independence!
Don't let them do that to you!

Raise the flag!

ALBUM: VOLTA (2007)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: LITTLE MOTEL/MODEST MOUSE

Modest Mouse - Little Motel


I hope that you like it in your little motel
And I hope that the suite sleeps and suits you well
Well I can see it as time and a sight through smell
That's why it's nice to be by yourself

Because that's what I'm waiting for
That's what I'm waiting for
That's what I'm waiting for, aren't I?
That's what I'm waiting for
That's what I'm waiting for
That's what I'm waiting for, darling

We treat mishaps like sinking ships and
I know that I don't want to be out to drift
Well I can see it in your eyes like I taste your lips and
They both tell me that we're better than this

Because that's what I'm waiting for
That's what I'm waiting for
That's what I'm waiting for, aren't I?
That's what I'm waiting for
That's what I'm waiting for
That's what I'm waiting for, darling

We trade tit for tat, yeah, that for this
And I don't think that there was an insult that was missed
I can see it in your eyes like I taste your lips and
I'm very sorry

Because that's what I'm waiting for
That's what I'm waiting for
That's what I'm waiting for, aren't I?
That's what I'm waiting for
That's what I'm waiting for
That's what I'm waiting for, darling

The remainders of a shooting star
Landed directly on our broke-down little car
Before then we had made a wish
That we would be missed
If one or another just did not exist

Because that's what we're waiting for
That's what we're waiting for
That's what we're waiting on, aren't we?
That's what we're waiting for
That's what we're waiting for
That's what we're waiting for, darling

That's what we're waiting for
That's what we're waiting for
That's what we're waiting for, aren't we?

ALBUM: WE WERE DEAD BEFORE THE SHIP EVEN SANK (2007)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: MEDS/PLACEBO

I was alone, falling free
Trying my best not to forget
What happened to us
What happened to me
What happened as I let it slip

I was confused by the powers that be
Forgetting names and faces
Passersby were looking at me
As if they could erase it

Baby did you forget to take your meds?
Baby did you forget to take your meds?

I was alone, staring over the ledge
Trying my best not to forget
All manner of joy
All manner of glee
And our one heroic pledge

How it mattered to us
How it mattered to me
And the consequences
I was confused by the birds and the bees
Forgetting if I meant it

Baby did you forget to take your meds?
Baby did you forget to take your meds?
Baby did you forget to take your meds?
Baby did you forget to take your meds?

And the Sex and the drugs and the complications
And the Sex and the drugs and the complications
And the Sex and the drugs and the complications
And the Sex and the drugs and the complications

Baby did you forget to take your meds?
Baby did you forget to take your meds?
Baby did you forget to take your meds?
Baby did you forget to take your meds?
Baby did you forget to take your meds?
Baby did you forget to take your meds?

I was alone, falling free
Trying my best not to forget

ALBUM: MEDS (2006)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: ROCK 'N' ROLL STAR/OASIS

I live my life in the city
There's no easy way out
The day's moving just too fast for me
I need some time in the sunshine
I gotta slow it right down
The day's moving just too fast for me

I live my life for the stars that shine
People say it's just a waste of time
When they said I should feed my head
That to me was just a day in bed
I'll take my car and I drive real far
To where they're not concerned about the way we are
In my mind my dreams are real
Are you concerned about the way I feel

Tonight I'm a rock 'n' roll star
Tonight I'm a rock 'n' roll star

I live my life in the city
There's no easy way out
The day's moving just too fast for me
I need some time in the sunshine
I gotta slow it right down
The day's moving just too fast for me

I live my life for the stars that shine
People say it's just a waste of time
When they said I should feed my head
That to me was just a day in bed
I'll take my car and I drive real far
To where they're not concerned about the way we are
In my mind my dreams are real
Are you concerned about the way I feel

Tonight I'm a rock 'n' roll star
Tonight I'm a rock 'n' roll star
Tonight I'm a rock 'n' roll star

You're not down with who I am
Look at you now you're all in my hands tonight

Tonight I'm a rock 'n' roll star
Tonight I'm a rock 'n' roll star
Tonight I'm a rock 'n' roll star

It's just rock 'n' roll

ALBUM: DEFINITELY MAYBE (1994)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: THE LETTER/THE VEILS

All the night her dream
Passes by my bed
Undeniable and all she said
She wrote the letter

Hard to find love
Since you arrived here
Harder to find the love
Then pull your body near

She wrote the letter down
She wrote the letter down

I know I know I know
You felt a change in my heart
I know I know I know
The planets ripped you apart
I know I know I know
All the sins they knew no better
I know I know I know

All that I've lost
Is bound to pass
Dying to know
Too afraid to ask
She wrote the letter

Hard to find love
When your a walking blind in here
Go wash your heart in the river
Till the water runs clear

She wrote the letter down
She wrote the letter down

I know I know I know
You felt a change in my heart
I know I know I know
The planets ripped you apart
I know I know I know
When the sins all know no better
I know I know I know

Love, I just want to say it right
Love, I just want to say it right
Goodbye

ALBUM: SUN GANGS (2009)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: PROMISES/THE CRANBERRIES

You'd better believe I'm coming
You'd better believe what I say
You'd better hold on to your promises
Because you bet you'll get what you deserve

She's going to leave him over
She's going take her love away
So much for your eternal vows, well
It does not matter anyway

Why can't you stay
Here a while
Stay here awhile
Stay with me

Oh oh oh oh oh
All the promises we made
All the meaningless and empty words I prayed
Prayed, prayed
Oh oh oh oh oh
All the promises we broke
All the meaningless and empty words I spoke
Spoke, spoke

What of all the things that you taught me
What of all the things that you'd say
What of all your prophetic preaching
You're just throwing it all away

Maybe we should burn the house down
Have ourselves another fight
Leave the cobwebs in the closet
'Cause tearing them out is just not right

Why can't you stay
Here awhile
Stay here awhile
Stay with me

Oh oh oh oh oh
All the promises we made
All the meaningless and empty words I prayed
Prayed, prayed
Oh oh oh oh oh
All the promises we broke
Promises we broke
All the meaningless and empty words I spoke
Spoke, spoke

Oh oh oh oh oh
All the promises we made
Promises we made
All the meaningless and empty words I prayed
Prayed, prayed
Oh oh oh oh oh
All the promises we broke
Promises we broke
All the meaningless and empty words I spoke
Spoke, spoke

ALBUM: BURY THE HATCHET (1999)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: DADDY'S GONE/GLASVEGAS

CIRCOLO DEGLI ARTISTI/ROMA, 11 MAGGIO 2009

How you are my hero
How your never here though
Remember times when you put me on your shoulders
How I wish it was forever you would hold us
Right now I'm too young to know
How in the future it will affect me when you go
You could have had it all
You, me, and mum y'know
Anything was possible

I wont be the lonely one
Sitting on my own and sad
A fifty year old
Reminiscing what I had

I wont be the lonely one
Sitting on my own and sad
Forget your dad, he's gone

All I wanted was a kick-a-bout in the park
For you to race me home when it was nearly getting dark
How I could've been yours, and you be mine
It could've been me and you until the end of time
Do what you want, when you want
Be as fuckin' insincere as you can
What kind of way is that to treat your wife
To see your son on Saturdays
What way is that to live your life?

I wont be the lonely one
Sitting on my own and sad
A fifty year old
Reminiscing what I had

I wont be the lonely one
Sitting on my own and sad
Forget your dad, he's gone

ALBUM: GLASVEGAS (2008)

CONCERTI: GLASVEGAS/CIRCOLO DEGLI ARTISTI/ROMA

Sono passate da poco le 22 quando, per la felicità di tutti i social workers presenti (parecchi, il concerto è sold out), i Glasvegas attaccano con Geraldine. Fa caldo, e James Allan, con la sua canottiera sbracciatissima, occhiali scuri e ciuffo, somiglia un po' al Joe Strummer dei primi anni '80, e scusate se è poco. Le grezze pareti del Circolo degli Artisti sembrano contenere a fatica tutta l'energia dei cori da stadio di inni istantanei come It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry, Fuck You It's Over (un'inaspettato regalo dall'EP di Natale, sebbene il testo non si possa definire esattamente festivo...), Flowers And Football Tops e Go Square Go, ed è proprio lì, nei grandi spazi, che presto, prestissimo ti immaggini di veder suonare questi quattro ragazzi delle Lowlands. Anche sul palco, come sul disco d'esordio, la sostanziosa batteria di Caroline Mckay sostiene a meraviglia le canzoni, che mantengono inalterata tutta la loro intensità. Giusto il tempo di ringraziare, con un perentorio "I fucking love you, Roma", in perfetto stile classe operaia di Glasgow, e si chiude con Daddy's Gone (e come, sennò), con tutto il pubblico a cantare, al punto che il nostro James sembra quasi commuoversi di tanta partecipazione.
Non c'è che dire: l'impatto dal vivo con la band scozzese è notevole, e mantiene tutte le aspettative di quanti, e sono numerosi, considerano i Glasvegas la rivelazione dello scorso anno.

GLASVEGAS/CIRCOLO DEGLI ARTISTI/ROMA, 11 MAGGIO 2009

GERALDINE
LONESOME SWAN
IT'S MY OWN CHEATING HEART THAT MAKES ME CRY
POLMONT ON MY MIND
FUCK YOU, IT'S OVER
FLOWERS AND FOOTBALL TOPS
ICE CREAM VAN
GO SQUARE GO

S.A.D. LIGHT
PLEASE COME BACK HOME
DADDY'S GONE

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: GERALDINE/GLASVEGAS

When your sparkle evades your soul
I'll be at your side to console
When you're standing on the window ledge
I'll talk you back, back from the edge
I will turn, I will turn your tide
Be your shepherd, I swear, be your guide
When you're lost in your deep and darkest place around
May my words walk with you home safe and sound

When you say that I'm no good and you feel like walking
I need to make sure you know it's just the prescription talking
When your feet decide to walk you on the wayward side
Climbing up upon the stairs and down the downward slide
I will turn, I will turn your tide
Do all that I can to heal you inside
I will be the angel on your shoulder
My name is Geraldine, I'm your social worker

I see you
Need me
I know you do

I see you
Need me
I know you do
I know you do

I will turn, I will turn your tide
Do all that I can to heal you inside
I will be the angel on your shoulder
My name is Geraldine, I'm your social worker

ALBUM: GLASVEGAS (2008)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD/EDITORS

Keep a light on those you love
They will be there when you die
Baby there's no need to fear
Baby there's no need to cry

Every little piece in your life
Will add up to one
Every little piece in your life
Will it mean something to someone?

You fuse my broken bones
Back together and then
Lift the weight of the world
From my shoulders again

Every little piece in your life
Will add up to one
Every little piece in your life
Will it mean something to someone?
Every little piece in your life
Will add up to one
Every little piece of your life
Will mean something to someone

You touch my face
God whispers
In my ear
There are tears in my eyes
Love replaces fear
You touch my face
God whispers
In my ear
There are tears in my eyes
Love replaces fear
Fear

Every little piece in your life
Will add up to one
Every little piece in your life
Will mean something to someone
Every little piece in your life
Will add up to one
Every little piece of your life
Will mean something to someone

ALBUM: AN END HAS A START (2007)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: (FEELS LIKE) HEAVEN/FICTION FACTORY

Heaven is closer now today
The sound is in my ears
I can't believe the things you say
They echo what I fear
Twisting the bones until they snap
I scream but no one knows
You say I'm familiar cold to touch
And then you turn and go

Feels like heaven

See how we planned for saddened eyes
And tears to pave the way
I fought the fever as I knew
My hair returned to grey
Study your face and fade the frame
Too close for comfort now
We can recall the harmony
That lingered but turned sour

Feels like heaven

You wanted all I had to give
See me I feel, see me I live

ALBUM: THROW THE WARPED WHEEL OUT (1984)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: SABOTAGE/BEASTIE BOYS

Diretto da SPIKE JONZE

I can't stand it, I know you planned it
I'm a' set straight this Watergate
I can't stand rocking when I'm in here
'Cause your crystal ball ain't so crystal clear
So while you sit back and wonder why
I got this fuckin' thorn in my side
Oh my god, it's a mirage
I'm tellin' y'all it's sabotage

So listen up 'cause you can't say nothin'
You'll shut me down with a push of your button
But I'm out and I'm gone
I'll tell you now I keep it on and on

'Cause what you see you might not get
And we can bet so don't you get souped yet
You're scheming on a thing that's a mirage
I'm trying to tell you now it's sabotage

Why

Our backs are now against the wall
Listen all of y'all it's a sabotage
Listen all of y'all it's a sabotage
Listen all of y'all it's a sabotage
Listen all of y'all it's a sabotage

I can't stand it, I know you planned it
I'm a' set straight this Watergate
I can't stand rockin' when I'm in this place
Because I feel disgraced because you're all in my face
But make no mistakes and switch up my channel
I'm Buddy Rich when I fly off the handle
What could it be, it's a mirage
You're scheming on a thing, that's sabotage

ALBUM: ILL COMMUNICATION (1994)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: DADDY'S SPEEDING/SUEDE

Whiplash caught the silver son
Took the film to No. 1
Crashed the car and left us here
Broken glass for teenage boys trapped in steel and celluloid
Crashed the car and left us here

And daddy burned a million eyes
Dared the dogs to criticise
He crashed the car and I was born

And daddy turned a million heads
Took the teenage dream to bed
He crashed the car and left us here

With dreams of gasoline drying our eyes
Green fields of destiny high in the sky
But oh can you see him?
Oh Daddy's speeding

Whiplash caught the silver son
Killed the sad American
Crashed the car and left us here

And sorrow turns his eyes to mine
Come with me now it's your time
Let's crash the car and I'll be born

And sorrow breaks the silent day
Takes the teenage boys away
They crash the cars and leave us here

With dreams of gasoline drying our eyes
Green fields and death machines high in the sky

But oh can you see him?
Oh, when Daddy's speeding

ALBUM: DOG MAN STAR (1994)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: ARTS & CRAFTS/RED LIGHT COMPANY

That holds the first and I'm the last
I wasn't good at arts and crafts
Move, my mood

That holds the first and I'm the last
I wasn't good at arts and crafts
Move, my mood
You've got the the thirst and that's too bad
I've got the water and it’s the last
Move, my mood

Your testimony shakes and all you want, it breaks
I would never leave
You’ve found somebody else, is it true?
That’s real, was it you? My mood

That holds the first and I’m the last
I wasn’t good at arts and crafts
Move, my mood
You’ve got the the thirst and that’s too bad
I’ve got the water and it’s the last
Move, my mood

Your testimony shakes and all you want, it breaks
I would never leave,
You’ve found somebody else, is it true?
That’s real, was it you?
My mood
Is it true? That’s real

It's loud
That’s right
Is it bright?
Could’ve tried
Or break down
You know my hearts outside

Your testimony shakes and all you want, it breaks
I would never leave,
You’ve found somebody else, is it true?
That’s real, was it you?
My mood

ALBUM: FINE FASCINATION (2009)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: STREET FIGHTING YEARS/SIMPLE MINDS

Chased you out of this world, didn't mean to stop
I turned around and suddenly you where gone
Like some bird from paradise, the fire and ice
We turned around and suddenly you where gone, gone, gone
And now summer burns a hole inside and years are golden once again
My thoughts return to you my dear young friend

Oh come this way
Will you look down this way
I go down on the street
Where the wild wind's blowing
Here comes a hurricane

I say come down this way
Will you look down this way
I need you tonight
I need you around me

I'm looking through the windows
And my mind goes in a whirl
Well there's a multitude of candles
Burning in the windows of this world
I'm looking at the colours
Checking out the straights
I'm counting out the numbers
Will tomorrow never change?

Still I hear you and I love you
And I'll follow you elsewhere
And I'll remember this occasion
I'll remember being aware

'Cause we've got panic in the evening
We've got fall-out in the streets
And I hear you and I follow you
And I'll call out and I'll say
That I can hear your sister call out
And I hear her call your name
They're calling sweet surrender
And things won't be the same
And don't you think that I don't care
And don't you think that I don't know
And don't you hear them calling out
In a place not far from here

And I hear big wheels are turning
Some things are not to fear
They say this is the time and place
They call street fighting years

And I hear great wheels are turning
And I tell you not to fear
They say this is the time and place
They call street fighting years

And I love you, I look for you
And I walk to you, I walk to you
And I hear big wheels are turning
Is there no way out of here?
They'll be calling out tomorrow

ALBUM: STREET FIGHTING YEARS (1989)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: NO YOU GIRLS/FRANZ FERDINAND

Oh, kiss me
Flick your cigarette, then kiss me
Kiss me where your eye won't meet me
Meet me where your mind won't kiss me
Flick your eyes and mind and then hit me
Hit me with your eyes so sweetly
Oh, you know, you know, you know you that
Yes I love, I mean I'd
Love to get to know you

Do you never wonder?
No, no, no, no you girls never know
Oh no, you girls'll never know
No you girls never know
How you make a boy feel

You girls never know
Oh no, you girls'll never know
No you girls never know
How you make a boy feel
How you make a boy

Oh, kiss me
Flick your cigarette, and then kiss me
Kiss me where your eye won't meet me
Meet me where your eye won't flick me, uh
Flick your mind and mine so briefly
Oh ya know, ya know ,ya so sweetly
Oh, you know, you know I know that
I love you I mean I
I mean I need to love

Do you never wonder?
No, no, no, no you girls never know
Oh no, you girls'll never know
No you girls never know
How you make a boy feel

You girls never know
Oh no, you girls'll never know
No you girls never know
How you make a boy feel
How you make a boy feel
How you make a boy

Sometimes I say stupid things
But I think, well I mean I
Sometimes I think the stupidest things
Because I never wonder
How the girl feels
Oh, how the girl feels

No you boys never care
Oh no, you boys'll never care
No you boys never care
How the girl feels

You boys never care
You dirty boys'll never care
No you boys never care
How the girl feels
Oh, how the girl feels
Oh, how the girl feels
Oh, how the girl feels

ALBUM: TONIGHT: FRANZ FERDINAND (2009)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: A WOLF AT THE DOOR/RADIOHEAD

Drag him out your window
Dragging out the dead
Singing I miss you
Snakes and ladders flip the lid
Out pops the cracker
Smacks you in the head
Knifes you in the neck
Kicks you in the teeth
Steel toe caps
Takes all your credit cards
Get up get the gunge
Get the eggs
Get the flan in the face
The flan in the face
The flan in the face
Dance you fucker dance you fucker
Don't you dare
Don't you dare
Don't you flan in the face
Take it with the love its given
Take it with a pinch of salt
Take it to the tax man
Let me back
Let me back
I promise to be good
Don't look in the mirror at the face you don't recognize
Help me, call the doctor, put me inside
put me inside
put me inside
put me inside
put me inside

I keep the wolf from the door but he
Calls me up
Calls me on the phone
Tells me all the ways that he's gonna
Mess me up
Steal all my children if I don't pay the ransom
And I'll never see them again if I squeal to the cops

Walking like giant cranes
And with my X-ray eyes I strip you naked
in a tight little world
and are you on the list?
Stepford wives who are we to complain?
Investments and dealers
Investments and dealers
Cold wives and mistresses
Cold wives and Sunday papers city
Boys in First Class don't know we're born just know
Someone else is gonna come and clean it up
Born and raised for the job
Someone always does
I wish you'd get up get over
get up get over and turn the tape off

I keep the wolf from the door
But he calls me up
Calls me on the phone
Tells me all the ways that he's gonna mess me up
Steal all my children if I don't pay the ransom
And I'll never see them again if I squeal to the cops
So I'm just gonna

ALBUM: HAIL TO THE THIEF (2003)