Going down a dirty inner city side road
I plotted
Madness passed me by, she smiled hi
I nodded
Looked up as the sky began to cry
She shot it.
Met a girl from Dearborn, early six o'clock this morn
A cold fact
Asked about her bag, suburbia's such a drag
Won't go back
'Cos Papa don't allow no new ideas here
And now he sees the news, but the picture's not too clear.
Mama, Papa, stop
Treasure what you got
Soon you may be caught
Without it
The curfew's set for eight
Will it ever all be straight
I doubt it.
7 jealous fools playing by her rules
Can't believe her
He feels so in between, can't break the scene
It would grieve her
And that's the reason why he must cry
He'll never leave her.
Crooked children, yellow chalk
writing on the concrete walk
Their King died
Drinking from a Judas cup,
looking down but seeing up
Sweet red wine
'Cos Papa don't allow no new ideas here
And now you hear the music
but the words don't sound too clear.
Mama, Papa, stop
Treasure what you got
Soon you may be caught
Without it
The curfew's set for eight
Will it ever all be straight
I doubt it.
Going down a dusty, Georgian side road
I wonder
The wind splashed in my face
can smell a trace
Of thunder
The lyrics INNER CITY BLUES of SIXTO RODRIGUEZ is also present in the album Cold fact (2008)
Sixto Rodríguez, all'anagrafe Sixto Díaz Rodríguez, è un cantautore statunitense nato a Detroit nel 1942. Iniziò la sua carriera musicale negli anni '60, pubblicando due album, "Cold Fact" (1970) e "Coming from Reality" (1971), che ottennero un discreto successo negli Stati Uniti. Tuttavia, fu solo negli anni '80 in Sudafrica che Rodríguez divenne una figura leggendaria, grazie alla diffusione clandestina dei suoi dischi. La sua musica, caratterizzata da testi introspettivi e melodie folk-rock, risuonò con la popolazione sudafricana oppressa dal regime dell'apartheid. Nel 2012, il suo successo in Sudafrica fu portato alla luce dal documentario "Searching for Sugar Man", che gli valse un nuovo riconoscimento internazionale. Rodriguez continua a esibirsi e registrare musica, mantenendo una solida base di fan in tutto il mondo. Alcuni dei suoi brani più rappresentativi includono "Sugar Man", "I Wonder" e "Like Clouds".
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