Colonne (sonore) N. 2 - Supertramp

Se c'e' stato un disco in vinile che ho arato come un campo de granoturco, questo e' stato "Breakfast in America" dei Supertramp.
Tra l'altro, l'unico disco che dietro pressanti insistenze prestai ad un compagno di liceo, e che ovviamente mi fu restituito eoni dopo rigato come un gessato, anzi, per essere precisi, come un quadrettato a quadretti pure piccoli...

Una canzone in particolare mi ha sempre segato il cuore manco fossi David Copperfield, e' stata "Take The Long Way Home"... da non ascoltare mentre torni dal lavoro, in fila sulla Salaria, con la cravatta a capestro e le faccenne de casa che te aspettano... non proprio quello che sognavamo da ragazzi...

TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME

So you think you're a romeo
Playing a part in a picture-show
Take the long way home, Take the long way home
'Cos youre the joke of the neighborhood
Why should you care if youre feeling good
Take the long way home, Take the long way home

But there are times that you feel you're part of the scenery
All the greenery is comin down, boy
And then your wife seems to think youre part of the furniture
oh, its peculiar, she used to be so nice.

When lonely days turn to lonely nights
You take a trip to the city lights
And take the long way home, Take the long way home
You never see what you want to see
Forever playing to the gallery
You take the long way home, Take the long way home

And when you're up on the stage, its so unbelievable,
Unforgettable, how they adore you,
But then your wife seems to think youre losing your sanity,
Oh, calamity, is there no way out?

Does it feel that you lifes become a catastrophe?
Oh, it has to be for you to grow, boy.
When you look through the years and see what you could have been
oh, what might have been,
If you had had more time...

So, when the day comes to settle down,
Who's to blame if you're not around?
You took the long way home, You took the long way home...........