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Once I Saw The River Clean

Once I saw the river clean
Distant future, wait for me
I grow pleasing to the eye
And the queue will queue for me
Once I saw the river clean
Soon the clock will strike for me
Childish mind anticipates
Grown-up mind consummates

I walked with my grandmother
Down a windblown Chester Road
With her fifty-two new pence1
For her twenty number-tens
And my forty-five pence too2
Demand "Metal Guru"
Once with hearts securely stacked
Then we walked all the way back

I walked with my grandmother
Along the groan of Talbot Road
In the gardens by the graves
I can just about behave
Arrogant and paranoid
All around, see fathead youth
Look into their brutal eyes
But only if you want the truth

Once I saw the river clean
Scratching up the latest scheme
Time will come but it hasn't yet
Someone's out to get me
I walked with my grandmother
Cornbrook Street, where incomplete
She would never be again
A Dublin dancer, free and young

1 With the 52 pence the gran is buying a pack of Embassy/Player No. 10 cigarettes (20 No. 10).

2 With 45 pence the protagonist is buying "Metal Guru", a single record by T-Rex incidentally source of musical inspiration for "Panic" by The Smiths, a single released in 1986.

3 Chester Road, Talbot Road, Cornbrook Street: all places in Manchester, Old Trafford and Stretford Road, youth house of Morrissey. 



Album: I Am Not A Dog On A Chain
Year of Publication: 2020
Lyrics: Morrissey
Music: Jesse Tobias

last update: 03/06/2025

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Una volta ho visto il fiume pulito

Una volta ho visto il fiume pulito
Futuro lontano, aspettami
La vista diventa piacevole
E la coda si metterà in coda per me
Una volta ho visto il fiume pulito
Presto l'orologio suonerà per me
La mente infantile anticipa
La mente adulta consuma

Ho camminato con mia nonna
Su Chester Road spazzata dal vento
Con i suoi cinquantadue penny nuovi
Per i suoi venti numeri dieci
E anche i miei quarantacinque pence
Chiedendo "Metal Guru"
Una volta con i cuori saldamente impilati
Poi abbiamo camminato per tutta la strada del ritorno

Ho camminato con mia nonna
Lungo il gemito di Talbot Road
Nei giardini vicino alle tombe
Riesco a comportarmi bene
Arrogante e paranoico
Tutt'intorno, vedo giovani ciccioni
Guardare nei loro occhi brutali
Ma solo se vuoi la verità

Una volta ho visto il fiume pulito
Grattando l'ultimo schema
Il tempo verrà, ma non è ancora arrivato
Qualcuno vuole prendermi
Ho camminato con mia nonna
Cornbrook Street, dove incompleta
Non sarebbe mai più stata
Una ballerina di Dublino, libera e giovane

1 Con 52 pence la nonna intende comprare un pacchetto di sigarette Embassy/Player No. 10 (20 No. 10).

2 Con i 45 pence il protagonista vuol comprare "Metal Guru", un singolo dei T-Rex, che fra l'altro sembra sia stata l'ispirazione per la musica di "Panic" degli Smiths, singolo uscito nel 1986.

3 Chester Road, Talbot Road, Cornbrook Street: tutti luoghi di Manchester, nella zona di Old Trafford e Stretford Road, dove si trovava la casa giovanile di Morrissey. 



Album: I Am Not A Dog On A Chain
Anno di pubblicazione: 2020
Testo: Morrissey
Musica: Jesse Tobias

ultimo agg.: 03/06/2025

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