2021.04.28.
The escape
I'd rather die swallowing water
than end up there, in Alcatraz,
or get devoured by the sharks
than bitten by their Alsatians.
For he who swims just the breast-stroke,
New York is not a town that close
Nor the ocean a place to stroll,
but as long as there's life there's hope
I've managed to escape, I've managed to escape.
I've managed to escape, I've managed to escape.
I've managed to escape,
I recall, young boy, long ago
far from Alcatraz, its gallows,
Floating on my back, I'm singing
in the midst of the immense sea.
I remember that, as a boy,
In the juke-box, I'd put a coin
and I'd listen to rock'n'roll
instead of just going to school.
I managed to escape
I managed to escape
I managed to escape
I managed to escape
I managed to escape
And if, one day, I reach the port
If, on that day, I'm still breathing,
I'll go and cover with kisses
the old Statue of Liberty.
I've managed to escape....
2021.04.28.
Anne, my sister Anne
Anne, (my) sister Anne,
If I told you what I foresee
Anne, sister Anne
I can't believe it, it's like a
nightmare..
a cockroach !
Anne sister Anne
You wrote your diary deep in your cupboard
Anne, sister Anne
thinking we'd never ever forget but..
bad memory !
It's getting out of its lair
the nazi nostalgia
svastikas, and nail-boots and all the array
It's got shop-windows, and adepts, a party..
It's come back again
the historical hysteria !
Anne (my) sister Anne
If I told you what I hear
Anne sister Anne
the same speeches, the same slogans
the very same barkings !
Anne, sister Anne
I'd have enjoed to tell you, martyred girl
Anne sister Anne :
You ccan sleep peace
fully, it'll never come again,
that vermin !
But lots of indifference, unsuitable patience,
for those former so well known damned souls
So much leniency, too many good manners
for that nazi nostalgia
getting out of its lair,
like yesterday !
Anne, (my) sister Anne,
If I told you what I foresee
Anne, sister Anne
I can't believe it, it's like a
nightmare..
a cockroach !