(Jennifer Katharine Griffin)
Free in Internet
Agosto 2001
Sometimes words are not enough…
This song is dedicated to Carlo Giuliani and to those protesters still missing.
Please feel free to pass it on and make copies.
| Bands on of black, pink, white Travelling across the night People from every state Witness and delegate of Earth in its silent pain of children in chains again Gathered in Genoa to mourn for our whole sick world Viva, viva, viva Carlo Viva, viva, viva Carlo But the “crowned heads” of Italy turned blind eyes to fascisti letting them infiltrate, agreeing to leash their hate Carlo, our Labor’s son, took action without a gun Now crumpled beneath a sheet His blood flows into the street | Viva, viva, viva Carlo Viva, viva, viva Carlo Viva, viva, viva Carlo Viva, viva, viva Carlo Later the youth all slept off shouting and tears they’d wept Thugs crept into their lull and woke them by cracking skulls What of the sixty-three savaged in Italy? And what of the dozen more no one’s heard from? Viva, viva, viva Carlo Viva, viva, viva Carlo Viva, viva, viva Carlo Viva, viva, viva Carlo | Violence is not the way they’ll hear what we have to say They use it to twist the truth and split apart every group But we hold the deeper power It’s growing with every hour We are their economy and we own our destiny. Viva, viva, viva Carlo Viva, viva, viva Carlo Viva, viva, viva Carlo Viva, viva, viva Carlo Viva, viva, viva Carlo Viva, viva, viva Carlo Viva, viva, viva Carlo Viva, viva, viva Carlo Viva, viva, viva Carlo Viva, viva, viva Carlo |
Ascolta la canzone: VIVA Carlo
© 2001, Jennifer Katharine Griffin and Sean Pearson
Written: July, 30, 2001 at La Casella, Montisi, Italy
First live performance: August 1, 2001 at La Casella, Montisi, Italy
Recorded: August 2, 2001 at Pearson Studio, New York, NY, USA
Words and music, vocals: JK Griffin
Music, guitar, jembe: S Pearson
Mixed and mastered: S Pearson