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Europa, Mein Amour

from Playing For Time - NEW ALBUM by Terence Blacker

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A song for Europe

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Picture the scene, a village green
As the summer clouds all billow
A spreading oak, some crusty old folk,
The crack of a ball on willow
That Olde England was all very well
'Til I found your distant shore.
And from that day, your foreign ways
Have made me love you more.

So when people claim
I'm not quite the same
Since I became European, [***]
That I've started to stray
From the true English way
I find myself agreein'.
This green and pleasant is all very well
But sometimes it seems so grey
And now we're to part, it's breaking my heart
Here's what I have to say...

Adios, auf Wiedersehen,
Europa, mein amour.
Maybe you'll miss me
But I know I'll miss you more.
How I wish we could remain
Together down the years
But that's all passed
So let's raise a glass
And say skål, saluti, cheers.

I start the day
With an orange pressé
And a double cappucino
Then soon after one
I smoke a gitane
With a glass or two of vino.
Then I'll take a rest, a long siesta
And spend afternoon in bed
Then I walk down the street and kiss the strangers I meet,
Hand in hand with my best friend Fred.

I listen to Georges Brassens
Or maybe Kurt Weill
Or sometimes a light aria.
Then some fado
And 'Via Con Me'
Or 'Ne me quitte pas'.
John, Paul and George are all very well
We love them yeah yeah yeah
But I prefer dansant
To an old-fashioned chanson
By a chansonnier

Adios, auf Wiedersehen... etc.

Dein ewiges Jammern es dauert mich
Dein heulendes Wind Gesicht
Aber jetz wo du gehst, gestehe ich
Mir fehlt bereits heute dein nebliges Licht.

Frenetico, agitato, non cambian, l'inglese.
Un giorno questo, l'altro quello -
Oh Dio, they're driving me crazee....

Oh, I'll miss your brio and your Sturm und Drang,
Your bella dolce vita.
Your che sera, your je ne sais quoi,
They made manana sweeter.
This stiff upper lip is all very well
But it makes it so hard to smile.
So now that we're through, it's a sad toodle-oo
From this lonely sceptr'd isle.

Adios, auf Wiedersehen... etc

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from Playing For Time - NEW ALBUM, released March 27, 2020
GERMAN AND ITALIAN LYRICS BY SUSANNE FRANZ

Terence Blacker - vocals, guitar
Fortunata Monzo - vocals
Hartmut Saam - vocals, accordion
Giovanni Crescenzi - bass
Domenico de Marco - percussion
David Booth - backing vocals

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Terence Blacker England, UK

'Classic folk blues in the making.'
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'We need cheering up right now and this singer-songwriter, sometimes tender, sometimes sardonic, is just the ticket.' SUNDAY TIMES

Huge fun... it put a big smile on my face.'
TOM ROBINSON, BBC6 Music

'One enormously satisfying album.... humorous, beautiful, deadly, a real treat for the senses.'
LIVERPOOL SOUND AND VISION ... more

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