I knew you well, I know you best
A baby mouth and I the breast
A lazy bone, an eagle eye
Circling a city that's higher than the sky
And it's looking like you better do what they say
Those monkeys uptown, I told you not to fuck around
Heaven's the name and the river is brown
With all the mud and the rain, it never settles down
It never settles down
Your baby left you unimpressed
But no one likes a beggar slightly overdressed
Trouble comes in funky clothes
You can always find a razor lying in the road
And it's looking like you better do what they say
Those monkeys uptown, I told you not to fuck around
Heaven's the name and the river is brown
With all the mud and the rain, it never settles down
It never settles down
I knew you well, I know you best
Everybody owes something to everybody else
Gabriel gave me some news to give to you
Maybe taken for granted, you've nothing better to do
And it's looking like you better do what they say
Those monkeys uptown, I told you not to fuck around
Heaven's the name and the river is brown
With all the mud and the rain, it never settles down
It never settles down
The lyrics MONKEYS UPTOWN of IRON & WINE is also present in the album Kiss each other clean (2011)
Iron and Wine è lo pseudonimo di Samuel Ervin Beam, noto come Sam, un cantautore statunitense. Attivo dal 2000, Iron and Wine si distingue per il suo sound folk acustico, caratterizzato da melodie delicate e testi introspettivi. Beam ha pubblicato numerosi album di grande successo, tra cui "Our Endless Numbered Days" (2004) e "The Shepherd's Dog" (2007), che hanno consolidato la sua posizione come uno dei cantautori più apprezzati della scena indie americana. Le sue canzoni, spesso accompagnate da arrangiamenti minimalisti, esplorano temi di amore, perdita, nostalgia e spiritualità. Tra i brani più rappresentativi figurano "Such Great Heights", "The Trapeze Swinger" e "Flightless Bird, American Mouth". Beam ha collaborato con artisti come Calexico e The Decemberists, ampliando il suo sound e raggiungendo un pubblico ancora più ampio.
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