Written by jacques brel - performed by david bowie
In the port of amsterdam
Theres a sailor who sings
Of the dreams that he brings
From the wide open sea
In the port of amsterdam
Theres a sailor who sleeps
While the river bank weeps
To the old willow tree
In the port of amsterdam
Theres a sailor who dies
Full of beer, full of cries
In a drunken town fight
In the port of amsterdam
Theres a sailor whos born
On a hot muggy morn
By the dawns early light
In the port of amsterdam
Where the sailors all meet
Theres a sailor who eats
Only fish heads and tails
And hell show you his teeth
That have rotted too soon
That can haul up the sails
That can swallow the moon
And he yells to the cook
With his arms open wide
Hey, bring me more fish
Throw it down by my side
And he wants so to belch
But hes too full to try
So he stands up and laughs
And he zips up his fly
In the port of amsterdam
You can see sailors dance
Paunches bursting their pants
Grinding women to porch
Theyve forgotten the tune
That their whiskey voice croaked
Splitting the night
With the roar of their jokes
And they turn and they dance
And they laugh and they lust
Till the rancid sound of the accordion bursts
And then out of the night
With their pride in their pants
And the sluts that they tow
Underneath the street lamps
In the port of amsterdam
Theres a sailor who drinks
And he drinks and he drinks
And he drinks once again
Hell drink to the health
Of the whores of amsterdam
Whove given their bodies
To a thousand other men
Yeah, theyve bargained their virtue
Their goodness all gone
For a few dirty coins
Well he just cant go on
Throws his nose to the sky
And he aims it up above
And he pisses like I cry
On the unfaithful love
In the port of amsterdam
In the port of amsterdam
David Bowie (pronunciato ['bo?.wi] in inglese), pseudonimo di David Robert Jones (Brixton, 8 gennaio 1947 – New York, 10 gennaio 2016), è stato un cantante, polistrumentista, attore e compositore britannico. Attivo dalla metà degli anni sessanta fino alla sua morte nel 2016, Bowie ha attraversato cinque decenni nella musica rock, reinventando nel tempo il suo stile e la sua immagine attraverso personaggi iconici come Ziggy Stardust, Halloween Jack e The Thin White Duke (noto in Italia come il Duca Bianco). La sua musica spazia dal folk acustico all'elettronica, passando attraverso il glam rock, il soul e il krautrock, lasciando un'impronta indelebile sulla storia della musica. Bowie ha collaborato con artisti di diverse generazioni, tra cui Iggy Pop, Queen e Nile Rodgers. Oltre alla musica, Bowie si è cimentato anche nell'arte cinematografica, recitando in film come *L'uomo che cadde sulla Terra* (1976), *Furyo* (1983) e *Basquiat* (1996). Tra i suoi album più importanti ricordiamo *The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars* (1972), *Station to Station* (1976) e *Heroes* (1977). Alcuni dei suoi brani più rappresentativi sono *Space Oddity*, *Changes*, *Let's Dance* e *Heroes*.
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