"And stop your frantic little fingers trying to collect
the years that pour from the hole in my side"

("Lie Down Here And Be My Girl", 2008)

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copertina album

Nick Cave, The Hammer Song

Dall’album "Kicking Against The Pricks" del 1986

Tracklist

1. Muddy Waters 2. I'm Gonna Kill That Woman 3. Sleeping Annaleah 4. Long Black Veil 5. Hey Joe 6. The Singer 7. All Tomorrow's Parties 8. By The Time I Get To Phoenix 9. The Hammer Song 10. Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart 11. Jesus Met The Woman At The Well 12. The Carnival Is Over 13. Black Betty 14. Running Scared

"Oh please don't send me out"

"Per piacere non mandarmi fuori"

Said the man with the hammer, hammering the anvil

Disse l'uomo col martello, colpendo l'incudine

"I been walking on a road of rocks

"Ho camminato su una strada di pietre

And I keep on hammering,

E continuo a martellare

keep on hammering,

E continuo a martellare

keep on hammering,

E continuo a martellare

Hammering the anvil"

E continuo a martellare l'incudine"

"Don't let the sun go down"

"Non far calare il sole"

Said the man with the fire, firing the furnace

Disse l'uomo col fuoco, alimentando la fornace

"I been buried in the snow

"Sono stato sepolto nella neve

And I keep on firing,

E continuo ad attizzare

keep on firing,

E continuo ad attizzare

keep on firing,

E continuo ad attizzare,

Firing the furnace"

Attizzare la fornace"

"Oh don't talk to me"

"Non parlarmi"

Said the man with the chisel, chiseling the surface

Disse l'uomo con lo scalpello scalpellando la superficie

"I been sleeping far too long

"Ho dormito troppo tempo

And I keep on chiseling,

E continuo a scalpellare

keep on chiseling,

E continuo a scalpellare

keep on chiseling,

E continuo a scalpellare,

Chiseling the surface"

Scalpellare la superficie"

"I don't know what you mean"

"Non so cosa tu intenda"

Said the man with the shovel, shoveling the ashes

Disse l'uomo con la pala scavando fa le ceneri

"I been digging in the frozen ground

"Ho scavato il terreno congelato

And I keep on shoveling,

E continuo a spalare

keep on shoveling,

E continuo a spalare

keep on shoveling,

E continuo a spalare,

Shoveling the ashes"

Spalare le ceneri"

Shoveling the ashes

Spalare le ceneri

Chiseling the surface

Scalpellare la superficie

Firing the furnace

Attizzare la fornace

Hammering the anvil

Martellare l'incudine

*Traduzione di Emanuele Orrù

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