There are unsmiling faces and bright plastic chains
And a wheel in perpetual motion
And they follow the races and pay out the gains
With no show of an outward emotion
And they think it will make their lives easier
For God knows up till now it's been hard
But the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
No the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
There's a sign in the desert that lies to the west
Where you can't tell the night from the sunrise
And not all the king's horses and all the king's men
Have prevented the fall of the unwise
And they think it will make their lives easier
For God knows up till now it's been hard
But the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
No the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
But a pilgrim must follow in search of a shrine
As he enters inside the cathedral...
The lyrics THE TURN OF A FRIENDLY CARD of THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT is also present in the album The turn of a friendly card (1980)
Il The Alan Parsons Project è un gruppo musicale britannico formatosi a Londra nel 1974 da Alan Parsons, ingegnere del suono di fama internazionale, e Eric Woolfson, compositore e manager. L'idea era quella di creare un progetto musicale innovativo che combinasse elementi progressivi, rock e musica classica, con l'orchestra come elemento centrale. La formazione vedeva la partecipazione di musicisti di sessione e cantanti ospiti, tra cui Lenny Zakatek, David Paton, Chris Rainbow e Colin Blunstone. Woolfson si occupava principalmente della composizione dei brani vocali, mentre Parsons si dedicava alla produzione e a composizioni strumentali. Tra i loro album più noti figurano *Tales of Mystery and Imagination* (1976), ispirato alle opere di Edgar Allan Poe, *Pyramid* (1975) e *Eye in the Sky* (1977). Il gruppo ha raggiunto il successo internazionale negli anni '70 e '80 con brani come "Sirius", "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You" e "Time Away". Dopo la fine del progetto nel 1982, Parsons e Woolfson hanno continuato a lavorare in modo indipendente. Woolfson è morto nel 2009.
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