The Happy Wanderer
((German Versions: Der Fröhliche Wanderer (Obernkirchen Children's Choir); Mein Vater War Ein Wandersmann))
Composer(s): Friedrich Sigismund - Friedrich W. Möller - Otto Richter - Johann Michael Anding - Antonio Ridge
Performer(s): Frank Weir
and multiple other artists



I love to go a-wandering
Along the mountain track
And as I go, I love to sing
My knapsack on my back

Val-deri, Val-dera
Val-deri
Val-dera-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Val-deri, Val-dera
My knapsack on my back

I love to wander by the stream
That dances in the sun
So joyously it calls to me
"Come! Join my happy song!"

I wave my hat to all I meet
And they wave back to me
And blackbirds call so loud and sweet
From ev'ry green wood tree

High overhead, the skylarks wing
They never rest at home
But just like me, they love to sing
As o'er the world we roam

Oh, may I go a-wandering
Until the day I die!
Oh, may I always laugh and sing
Beneath God's clear blue sky!

Caravan Petrol
Composer(s): Nisa - Renato Carosone
Performer(s): Renato Carosone; Gege Di Giacomo; Massimo Ranieri



Caravan petrol, caravan petrol
caravan petrol, caravan petrol, caravan ...
M'aggio affittato nu camello
m'aggio accattato nu turbante
nu turbante a' Rinascente
cu o pennacchio rosso e blu ...
Cu u fiasco 'mmano e o tammuriello
cerco o petrolio americano
mentre abballano e beduine
mentre cantano e ttribbù ...
Comme sì bello
a cavallo a stu camello
cu o binocolo a tracolla
cu o turbante e o narghilè ...
Uè, si curiuso
mentre scave stu pertuso
scordatello, nun é cosa
cà o petrolio nun ce sta ...
Allah! Allah! Allah!
ma chi t' ha ffatto fa'?
Comme sì bello
a cavallo a stu camello
cu o binocolo a tracolla
cu o turbante e o narghilè!
Cu o fiasco 'mmano e cu o camello
cu e gguardie annanze e a folla arreto
'rrevutà faccio Tuleto
nun se pò cchiù cammenà ...
Jammo, é arrivato o pazzariello!
s'é travestito 'a Menelicche
mmesca o ppepe cu o ttabbacco ...
chi sarrà st'Alì Babbà?
Comme sì bello
a cavallo a tu camello ...(
Allah! Allah! Allah!
ma chi mm'ha ffatto fa'?
Comme so' bello
a cavallo a stu camello
cu o binocolo a tracolla
cu o turbante e o narghilè!

Fireside Song
Composer(s): Tony Banks;
Anthony Phillips; Mike Rutherford
Performer(s): Genesis



As daybreak breaks the mist upon the earth
It came to pass that beauty settled there forever more
And as the steam clings close to things to come
It came to pass that solid rock did part for humble life

Once upon a time there was confusion
Disappointment, fear and disillusion
Now there's hope reborn with every morning
See the future clearly at its dawning
Forever drifting slowly towards a hazy emptiness
Whilst water slips into the sea
The father's sad to see it free

As shadows creep towards their master night
It came to pass that trees defied the wind who shook their leaves
And as the peace descended all around
It came to pass that nature's creatures came to face the world

Once upon a time there was confusion
Disappointment, fear and disillusion
Now there's hope reborn with every morning
See the future clearly at its dawning
Forever drifting slowly towards a hazy emptiness
Whilst water slips into the sea
The father's sad to see it free

Once upon a time there was confusion
Disappointment, fear and disillusion
Now there's hope reborn with every morning
See the future clearly at its dawning

Once upon a time there was confusion
Disappointment, fear and disillusion

The Cremation Of Sam McGee
Composer(s): Robert W. Service
Performer(s): Hank Snow; Johnny Cash



There are strange things done in the midnight sun
By the men who moil for gold
The Arctic trails have their secret tales
That would make your blood run cold
The Northern Lights have seen queer sights
But the queerest they ever did see
Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge
I cremated Sam McGee

Now Sam McGee was from Tennessee, where the cotton blooms and blows
Why he left his home in the South to roam 'round the Pole, God only knows
He was always cold, but the land of gold seemed to hold him like a spell
Though he'd often say in his homely way that he'd "sooner live in hell"

On a Christmas Day we were mushing our way over the Dawson trail
Talk of your cold! through the parka's fold it stabbed like a driven nail
If our eyes we'd close, then the lashes froze till sometimes we couldn't see
It wasn't much fun, but the only one to whimper was Sam McGee

And that very night, as we lay packed tight in our robes beneath the snow
And the dogs were fed, and the stars o'erhead were dancing heel and toe
He turned to me, and "Cap," says he, "I'll cash in this trip, I guess
And if I do, I'm asking that you won't refuse my last request"

Well, he seemed so low that I couldn't say no; then he says with a sort of moan
"It's the cursed cold, and it's got right hold till I'm chilled clean through to the bone
Yet 'tain't being dead -- it's my awful dread of the icy grave that pains
So I want you to swear that, foul or fair, you'll cremate my last remains"

A pal's last need is a thing to heed, so I swore I would not fail
And we started on at the streak of dawn; but God! he looked ghastly pale
He crouched on the sleigh, and he raved all day of his home in Tennessee
And before nightfall a corpse was all that was left of Sam McGee

There wasn't a breath in that land of death, and I hurried, horror-driven
With a corpse half hid that I couldn't get rid, because of a promise given
It was lashed to the sleigh, and it seemed to say
"You may tax your brawn and brains
But you promised true, and it's up to you to cremate those last remains"
Now a promise made is a debt unpaid, and the trail has its own stern code
In the days to come, though my lips were dumb, in my heart how I cursed that load
In the long, long night, by the lone firelight, while the huskies, round in a ring
Howled out their woes to the homeless snows -- O God! how I loathed the thing

And every day that quiet clay seemed to heavy and heavier grow
And on I went, though the dogs were spent and the grub was getting low
The trail was bad, and I felt half mad, but I swore I would not give in
And I'd often sing to the hateful thing, and it hearkened with a grin

Till I came to the marge of Lake Lebarge, and a derelict there lay
It was jammed in the ice, but I saw in a trice it was called the "Alice May"
And I looked at it, and I thought a bit, and I looked at my frozen chum
Then "Here," said I, with a sudden cry, "is my cre-ma-tor-eum"

Some planks I tore from the cabin floor, and I lit the boiler fire
Some coal I found that was lying around, and I heaped the fuel higher
The flames just soared, and the furnace roared -- such a blaze you seldom see
And I burrowed a hole in the glowing coal, and I stuffed in Sam McGee

Then I made a hike, for I didn't like to hear him sizzle so
And the heavens scowled, and the huskies howled, and the wind began to blow
It was icy cold, but the hot sweat rolled down my cheeks, and I don't know why
And the greasy smoke in an inky cloak went streaking down the sky

I do not know how long in the snow I wrestled with grisly fear
But the stars came out and they danced about ere again I ventured near
I was sick with dread, but I bravely said: "I'll just take a peep inside
I guess he's cooked, and it's time I looked"; ... then the door I opened wide

And there sat Sam, looking cool and calm, in the heart of the furnace roar
And he wore a smile you could see a mile, and he said: "Please close that door
It's fine in here, but I greatly fear you'll let in the cold and storm 
Since I left Plumtree, down in Tennessee, it's the first time I've been warm"

There are strange things done in the midnight sun
By the men who moil for gold
The Arctic trails have their secret tales
That would make your blood run cold
The Northern Lights have seen queer sights
But the queerest they ever did see
Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge
I cremated Sam McGee

Caravan
Composer(s): Irving Mills; Juan Tizol; Duke Ellington
Originally performed by: Duke Ellington
Covered by various other artists



Night and stars above that shine so bright
The myst'ry of their fading light
That shines upon our caravan

Sleep upon my shoulder as we creep
Across the sand so I may keep
The mem'ry of our caravan

This is so exciting
You are so inviting
Resting in my arms
As I thrill to the magic charms

Of you beside me here beneath the blue
My dream of love is coming true
Within our desert caravan!

Firenze (Canzone Triste)
Composer(s): Ivan Graziani
Performer(s): Ivan Graziani



Firenze lo sai non è servita a cambiarla
La cosa che ha amato di più è stata l'aria
Lei ha disegnato ha riempito cartelle di sogni
Ma gli occhi di marmo del colosso toscano guardano troppo lontano

Caro il mio Barbarossa, studente in filosofia
Con il tuo italiano insicuro certe cose le sapevi dire
Oh lo so, lo so, lo so, lo so bene, lo so
Una donna da amare in due in comune fra te e me
Ma di tempo c'è ne, in questa città
Fottuti di malinconia e di lei

Per questo canto una canzone triste triste triste
Triste triste triste, triste triste triste, triste come me
E non c'è più nessuno che mi parli ancora un po' di lei
Ancora un po' di lei
E non c'è più nessuno che mi parli ancora un po' di lei
Ancora un po' di lei

Ricordo i suoi occhi strano tipo di donna che era
Quando gettò i suoi disegni con rabbia giù da Ponte Vecchio
"Io sono nata da una conchiglia" diceva
"La mia casa è il mare e con un fiume no, non la posso cambiare"

Caro il mio Barbarossa, compagno di un avventura
Certo che se lei se n'è andata no, non è colpa mia
Oh lo so, lo so, lo so, la tua vita non cambierà
Ritornerai in Irlanda con la tua laurea in filosofia
Ma io che farò in questa città?
Fottuto di malinconia e di lei

Per questo canto una canzone triste triste triste
Triste triste triste, triste triste triste, triste come me
E non c'è più nessuno che mi parli ancora un po' di lei
Ancora un po' di lei

E non c'è più nessuno che mi parli ancora un po' di lei
Ancora un po' di lei

Cowboy In The Continental Suit
Composer(s): Marty Robbins
Performer(s): Marty Robbins; Chris LeDoux



Well, he walks out in the arena, all dressed up to the brim
Said he just came down from a place called Highland Rim
Well, he said he came to ride the horse, the one they call The Brute
But he didn’t look like a cowboy in his continental suit

We sniggered at the way he dressed but he never said a word
He walks on by the rest of us as if he hadn’t heard
A thousand bucks went to the man that could ride this wild cayuse
A meaner horse was never born than the one they called The Brute

The horse that he was looking for was in shoot number eight
He walked up very slowly, put his hand upon the gate
We knew he was a thoroughbred when he pulled a sack of Dukes
From the inside pocket of his continental suit

Well, he rolled himself a Quirley and he lit it standing there
Blew himself a smoke ring and he watched it disappear 
We thought he must be crazy when he opened up the gate
Standing just inside was fifteen hundred pounds of hate

The buckskin tried to run him down but the stranger was too quick
He stepped aside and threw his arms around the horses neck
And he pulled himself upon the back of the horse they called The Brute
Sat like he was born there in his continental suit

The Brute’s hind end was in the air, his front end on the ground 
Kicking and a-squealing, trying to shake the stranger down
But the stranger didn’t give an inch, he came to ride The Brute
And he came to ride the buckskin in a continental suit

Well, I turned around to look at Jim and he was watching me
He said “I don’t believe the crazy things I think I see
But I think I see the outlaw, the one they call The Brute
Ridden by a cowboy in a continental suit”

The Brute came to a standstill, ashamed that he’d been rode
By a city cowboy in some continental clothes
The stranger took his money then we don’t know where he went
We don’t know where he came from and we haven’t seen him since 

The moral of this story – never judge by what they wear
Underneath some ragged clothes could be a millionaire
Everybody listen, don’t be fooled by this galoot
This sure enough broke buster in a continental suit

Carabelas Nada
Composer(s): Fito Páez
Performer(s): Fito Páez; Liliana Vitale



Chico Buarque tiene puestos
los anteojos que deje sobre
un cuaderno con su rostro
iluminando el cuarto
algo entrando en la mañana
carabelas de la nada
carabelas nada

Chocan, se hacen trizas en el aire
lo del tango es una idea que me toca aunque no quiera
una chica sube a un taxi
Caballito, Buenos Aires
muere un tipo en Mataderos
un disparo en un aguante

Y esto no deja de ser una canción
desde el alma
sol, que me calma

Hoy pare con la botella
todos saben lo difícil que es zafarse de ella
ella tiene un par de piernas mas largas que vieras
y hace que tu corazón parezca que aun siguiera
tango que me hiciste mal y sin embargo te quiero
quiero sepultar
la vieron a tu vieja con un pan de Hash
vendiéndole a los negros en la calle Montparnase

Y esto no deja de ser una canción
desde el alma
sol, que me calma

Firefly
Composer(s): Carolyn Leigh - Cy Coleman
Performer(s): Tony Bennett



I call her firefly, 'cause, oh my
She radiates moon glow
Wants none of that noon glow
She starts to glitter when the sun goes down

By eight p.m., it's mayhem
She switches the brights up
Lights up and gives me a call
"Hey, take me to the fireflies ball"

But when I get her there, set her there
Do I get to pet her there and grab me some glow?
No, she's a gad-about, mad about lurin' ev'ry lad about
While leavin' me moanin' low

Oh firefly, why can't I latch on to you no how?
Oh how I love you, but gee
While you set the night on fire, fly
Shine a little light on me

The Covered Wagon Rolled Right Along
Composer(s): Hy Heath - Britt Wood
Performer(s): Spike Jones
and multiple other artists



The covered wagon rolled right along
While the pioneers gave out a happy song
Sue and Pappy did the drivin'
Mammy cooked and kept us thrivin'
And the covered wagon rolled right along

We left Kentucky on the tenth of May
Pappy said, "I'll see that we eat every day
Mammy, you just grease the skillet
If we some food, I'll just kill it"
And the covered wagon rolled right along

We crossed the Reservation of the Sioux
While the Indians stood and watched us passin' through
Not a redskin dared to trifle
While old Pappy had his rifle
And the covered wagon rolled right along

For clothes we had to skin the buffalo
But when winter came and brought the ice and snow
Pappy's pants ran out of leather
Mammy prayed for milder weather
And the covered wagon rolled right along

At playin poker Pappy won his fame
Once he got an Indian Chief into a game
Pappy wound up with four deuces
And a squaw with six papooses
And the covered wagon rolled right along

Pappy sold the mules and then went on a spree
And he said, "At last I have my liberty"
Mammy said, "Cut out your braggin'"
As she hitched him to the wagon
And the covered wagon rolled right along

At last Old California came in view
And we realised with hardship we were through
Ma and Sue are lucky creatures
Pappy's makin' western features
And the covered wagon rolled right along

Carabela
Composer(s): Graciela Olmos
Performer(s): Javier Solís
and multiple other artists



Estoy en el puente de mi carabela
y llevo mi alma prendida al timón
Un soplo de amores empuja mi vela
y zarpo cantando y zarpo cantando
divina canción

Ni marco mi ruta ni llevo camino
por donde mi nave ha de navegar
Yo sé que sin rumbo me lleva el destino
y será un día mi nave, será un día mi nave
la reina del mar

Que marque mi ruta el ave que vuela
la estrella errante o el raudo ciclón
Yo quiero ver limpia mi fúlgida estrella
y será un día mi nave, será un día mi nave
la diosa del mar

Firecracker
Composer(s): Ricardo Williams
Performer(s): Mass Production



So-so-so good
Yeah...yeah, yeah, yeah, whoa

Her name is Sophelia
And she is my fly
I call her Firecracker
And that’s no lie

A real poppin’ lady, yeah
So soft and so pretty
And when I get around her, yeah
I can’t wait to be dirty, oh, mama sita

Burnin’ up, burnin’ up
Can’t seem to get enough of you
Get enough, get enough
Firecracker

Burnin’ up, burnin’ up
Can’t seem to get enough of you
Get enough, get enough
Firecracker

So-so-so good
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...

I saw her in motion, yeah
And her smile is so fine (So fine, so fine, so fine)
Instant love potion, yeah
Just oozed through my mind (My mind, my mind, my mind)

I love to see her boogie, yeah, yeah
She two steps so fine
She’s such a lovely lady, lady, lady
I’m so glad she’s mine, oh, mama sita

Burnin’ up, burnin’ up
Can’t seem to get enough of you
Get enough, get enough
Firecracker

Burnin’ up, burnin’ up
Can’t seem to get enough of you
Get enough, get enough
Fire

Yeah...yeah, yeah, yeah, whoa

So-so-so good
So-so-so good

Burnin’ up, burnin’ up
Woo
Get enough, get enough
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Burnin’ up, burnin’ up
Can’t seem to get enough of you
Get enough, get enough
Firecracker

Burning up, burning up
Can’t seem to get enough of you
Get enough, get enough
Firecracker

Burning up, burning up
Can’t seem to get enough of you
Get enough, get enough
Fire

So-so-so good
So-so-so good
Yeah

So-so-so good
So-so-so good
Yeah, yeah, yeah...

Firecracker come dance for me
I just like to see the way you move
Firecracker come dance for me
I just like to see the way you move

Firecracker come dance for me
I just like to see the way you move
Firecracker come dance for me
I just like to see the way you move, yeah

The Cover of "Rolling Stone" ((aka On the Cover Of The Music City News (Buck Owens) - 1974))
((Danish Version: Søndags B.T. (Eddie Skoller) - 1974))
Composer(s): Shel Silverstein 
First release by: Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - 1972
Covered by multiple other artists



Ha, ha, ha, I don't believe it
Da, da, ah, ooh, don't touch me
Hey, Ray!
Hey, Sugar!
Tell them who we are...

Well, we're big rock singers
We've got golden fingers
And we're loved everywhere we go (that sounds like us)
We sing about beauty and we sing about truth
For ten-thousand dollars a show (right)
We take all kinds of pills that give us all kind of thrills
But the thrill we've never known
Is the thrill that'll get ya when you get your picture
On the cover of the Rolling Stone

(Rolling Stone) Wanna see my picture on the cover
(Stone)Wanna buy five copies for my mother (yeah)
(Stone)Wanna see my smilin' face
On the cover of the Rolling Stone (that's a very, very, good idea)

I got a freaky ole lady name a cocaine Katy
Who embroideries on my jeans
I got my poor old grey haired daddy
Drivin' my limosine
Now, it's all designed to blow our minds
But our minds won't really be blown
Like the blow that'll get ya when you get your picture
On the cover of the Rolling Stone

(Rolling Stone) Wanna see our pictures on the cover
(Stone) Wanna buy five copies for our mothers (yeah)
(Stone) Wanna see my smilin' face
On the cover of the Rolling Stone

(Hey, I know how, rock and roll!!)

(Ah, that's beautiful)

We got a lot of little teenage blue-eyed groupies
Who do anything we say
We got a genuine Indian Guru
Who's teaching us a better way
We got all the friends that money can buy
So we never have to be alone
And we keep getting richer but we can't get our picture
On the cover of the Rolling Stone

(Rolling Stone) Wanna see my picture on the cover
(Stone) Wanna buy five copies for my mother (I want one!)
(Stone) Wanna see my smilin' face
On the cover of the Rolling Stone
On the cover of the Rolling Stone

(Man, I don't know why we ain't on the cover, Baby)
(We're beautiful people)
(I ain't kiddin', why, we would make a beautiful cover
(Fresh shot, right up front, man)
(I can see it now, we'll be up on the front)
(Smilin', man... ahh, beautiful!) 

Carabat
Composer(s): Laurent Chalumeau - Julien Clerc
Performer(s): Julien Clerc



L'hiver est doux quand sur un long lit
Son élan me dit tout qui vaille
Qu'il est bon de se sentir en vie
Tant pis si c'est un feu de paille
Elle a
Les airs de Venise
Et la
Gráce qui divinisent
Les lascives marquises de Carabat
Puis le temps pass' et toujours dit-on
En passant affadit l'amour
Comme je ris, des superstitions
Et pour moi au comme premier jour
Elle a
Les façon éprises
Et l'attitude évasive
Des latines marquises de Carabat
Son cœur toujours à amadouer
L'aimer un défi qui m'effare
Mais pour moi, dussé-je m'y brûler
Rien d'autre ne peut compter car
Elle a
Brûlé mes valises
Et là
Désolé ladies
Mais l'amour fou m'électrise à Carabat
Elle a
Brûlé mes valises
Et là
Partout qu'on le dise
J'ai l'amour d'une marquise de Carabat

Fireball XL-5
Composer(s): Barry Gray
Performer(s): Flee-Rekkers;
and various other artists



I wish I was a space man
The fastest guy alive
I'd fly you round the universe
In Fireball XL-5
Way out in space together
Compass of the sky
My heart would be a fireball
A fireball
Everytime I gazed into your starry eyes

We'd take the path to Jupiter
And maybe very soon
We'd cruise along the Milky Way
And land upon the moon
To our wonderland of stardust
We'll zoom our way to Mars
My heart would be a fireball
A fireball
If you would be my Venus of the stars

The Court of King Caractacus
Composer(s): Rolf Harris
Performer(s): Rolf Harris; The Irish Descendants



Now the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus, were just passing by
All together, now the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus, were just passing by
Now the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus, were just passing by
Now the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus, were just passing by

Now the noses on the faces of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus, were just passing by
All together, now the noses on the faces of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus, were just passing by
Now the noses on the faces of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus, were just passing by
Now the noses on the faces of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus, were just passing by

Now the boys who put the powder on the noses on the faces of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus, were just passing by
Now the boys who put the powder on the noses on the faces of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus, were just passing by
Now the boys who put the powder on the noses on the faces of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus, were just passing by
Now the boys who put the powder on the noses on the faces of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus, were just passing by

Now the fascinating witches who put the scintilating stiches in the britches of the boys who put the powder on the noses on the faces 
of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus, were just passing by
Now the fascinating witches who put the scintilating stiches in the britches of the boys who put the powder on the noses on the faces 
of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus, were just passing by
Now the fascinating witches who put the scintilating stiches in the britches of the boys who put the powder on the noses on the faces 
of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus, were just passing by
Now the fascinating witches who put the scintilating stiches in the britches of the boys who put the powder on the noses on the faces 
of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus, were just passing by

Now if you want to take some pictures of the fascinating witches who put the scintilating stiches in the britches 
of the boys who put the powder on the noses on the faces of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus...

... you're too late! Because they've just... passed... by!

Cara Mia
((Finnish Version: Cara Mia (Matti & Teppo) - 1976))
Composer(s): Mantovani - Bunny Lewis
First release by: David Whitfield & The Mantovani Orch. - 1954
Covered by multiple other artists



Cara Mia why, must we say goodbye? 
Each time we part, my heart wants to die 

My darling hear my prayer, Cara Mia fair 
Here are my arms you alone will share 

All I want is you forever more 
To have, to hold, to love, adore 

Cara Mia mine, say those words devine 
I'll be your love till the end of time 

All I want is you forever more 
To have, to hold, to love, adore 

Cara Mia mine say those words devine 
I'll be your love till the end of time

Fire Baby, I'm On Fire
Composer(s): Andy Kim
Performer(s): Andy Kim



You feel just like a woman should
The night will soon be dawn
You make me feel just like a man should
What we're doin' just can't be wrong

It burns me like a fire
Sweet pain don't let me go
Ah, you take me so much higher
Than I've ever been before

Baby, babe, I want you, oh, my babe, ooh
Take me now
Got to have your love right now

Fire, baby, I'm on fire
Oh, you are the good times that I know
Higher, baby, take me higher
And better times I'll never know

The sun will soon be shinin'
Won't shine on me alone
Cause I have you here, my darlin'
To call my very own

Lord knows I must be dreamin'
Ah, nothing feels this good
You've given me a feelin'
Like no other woman could

Baby, babe, I want you, oh, my babe, ooh
Take me now
Got to have your love right now

Fire, baby, I'm on fire
Oh, you are the good times that I know
Higher, baby, take me higher
And better times I'll never know

Baby, babe, oh, baby, babe
Oh, babe, b-b-b-b- baby, baby, baby

The Country's In The Very Best Of Hands
Composer(s): Gene de Paul - Johnny Mercer
Performer(s): Shelly Manne
and multiple other artists



Them city folks and friends
Are pretty much alike
Though they ain't used to living in the sticks
We don't like stone or cement
But we is in agreement
When we get started talking politics

The country's in the very best of hands
The best of hands
The best of hands

The treasury says the national debt
Is climbing to the sky
And government expenditures
Have never been so high
It makes a fellow get a
Gleam of pride when they decide
To see how our economy expands
The country's in the very best of hands

The country's in the very best of hands
The best of hands
The best of hands

You oughtta hear the senate
When their drawing up a bill
Where asses and dimwits are crowded in each conisil (sp.)
Such legal terminology
Would give your heart a thrill
There's phrases there that no one understands
The country's in the very best of hands

The building boom, they say
Is getting bigger every day
And when I asked a feller
How could everybody pay
He come up with an answer
That made everything okay
Supplies are getting greater than demands
The country's in the very best of hands

Don't you believe them congressmen
And senators are dumb
When they run into problems
That is tough to overcome
They just declare something
They call the moritorium 
The upper and the lower house dismans
The country's in the very best of hands

Fox Motors is connected to the nominee
The nominee's connected to the treasury
When he ain't connected to the treasury
He sits around on his thigh bone

He sits around in his fancy car
This big congressional parking lot
Just sits around on the you know what
'Cause there they calls it their thigh bone

Them bones, them bones
Gonna rise again
Gonna excercise a franchise again
Gonna tax us up to our eyes again
When he gets them off of their thigh bone

The country's in the very best of hands
The best of hands
The best of hands

The farm bill should be
Eight-nine percent paroty
And all their fellow recommends
It should be mound at three
But eighty, ninety-five percent who cares about decree
It's paroty that no one understands
The county's in the very best of hands

Them GOP's and democrats
Each hates the other one
They's always criticizing
How the country should be run
But neither tell the public
What the others gone and done
As long as no one knows
Where no one stands
The country's in the very best of hands

They sits around and just place their ass
Where folks in congress has always sat
Just sits around on their excess bag
Up there they calls it their thigh bone

They sits around till they starts to snore
Jumps up and hollers
I has the floor
Then sits right down where they sats before
Up there they calls it their thigh bone

Them bones, them bones
Gonna cross again
So dignified and so wise again
While the budget doubles in size again
When it gets them off of their thigh bone

The country's in the very best of hands
The best of hands
The best of hands

The money that they taxes us
That's known as revenues
They compound up collaterals
Subtracts the residue

Don't worry about the principal
And interest it encrues
They're shipping all that stuff to foreign lands
The country's in the very best of hands

Cara Italia
Performer(s): Salvatore Adamo



Dire qu'il a fallu mille Dante
Pour dire ta splandeur
Et mille Botticelli
Pour peindre tes couleurs
Belle Italie
On a beau vivre loin de toi
On n'oublie pas ton charme d'autrefois

Mais tes nuits si belles
Ont troqué leur dentelle
Pour un manteau de peur 
Pour un manteau de peur
On tremble dans tes rues
Et les chansons se sont tues
Sous tes balcons en fleurs
Sous tes balcons en fleurs

Mia cara Italia
Qu'est-ce qu'il t'arrive la
Ça n'te ressemble pas
Ce masque de violence
Mia cara Italia
Fais que sous ton ciel bleu
Tes amoureux
Rêvent encore de romance

Dire que tout au long de ma vie
J'ai gardé ta douceur
Au fond de moi comme une nostalgie
Belle Italie... pourquoi tant d'ironie
Au moindre mot... qui veut toucher ton coeur

Est-ce vraiment stupide
En ces temps fratricides
De te parler d'amour 
De te parler d'amour
De se faire une fête
Quand un refrain s'entête
À chanter les beaux jours 
À chanter les beaux jours

Mia cara Italia
Qu'est-ce qu'il t'arrive la
Ça n'te ressemble pas
Ce masque de violence
Mia cara Italia
Fais que sous ton ciel bleu
Tes amoureux
Rêvent encore de romance

Mia cara Italia...