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Lasciami volare verso terre lontane Oltre i campi verdi, gli alberi e le montagne Oltre i fiori e le cascate della foresta La mia casa si trova lungo i sentieri del cielo Perché questa stanza
buia e solitaria
Proprio come un piccione
all'orizzonte,
Lasciami svegliare al mattino
Voglio sentire le campane
che suonano
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Turn me loose from your hands Let me fly to distant lands Over green fields, trees and mountains Flowers and forest fountains Home along the lanes of the skyway For
this dark and lonely room
For
just a Skyline Pigeon
Just
let me wake up in the morning
I want
to hear the pealing bells
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testo di Bernie Taupin (da Empty Sky, 1969)
traduzione di Fulvia Oddo
© 1969 Dick James Music Limited
di questa canzone esistono 2 versioni: la prima, con il clavicembalo, presente in Empty Sky, e una successiva del 1972, pubblicata come singolo, con il pianoforte.
Bernie: "That's a song with a history. I think, funnily enough, Skyline Pigeon was the first really good song that we ever wrote. I think it was a lanmark as far as our writing was concerned - it was a good blend of lyrics and melody. It was originally included on the Empty Sky album, and was also one of the first songs that we wrote that was covered. There was a guy called Roger Cook that wanted to record it, and in order for him to record it, Dick James gave part of the publishing to him. We obviously liked the song enough to re-record it later on, and I think it also turned up on a couple of live albums. Most recently it turned up again, because at AIDS victim Ryan White's funeral Elton played it, and if I'm not mistaken, there's a quote from it on Ryan's grave" (1992)
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