Selezione musicale 43 – Andrew Bird Give It Away

Andrew Bird è un cantautore e polistrumentista nato a Chicago nel 1973. Avvicinatosi alla musica fin da bambino ha pubblicato il suo primo disco nel 1996. Da allora ha realizzato 9 album da studio e alcuni live, più una serie di presenze come musicista ospite nei dischi di molti altri artisti.
E’ un virtuoso del violino e suona spesso chitarra e mandolino. Dal suo lavoro più recente, Break It Yourself del 2012, ho selezionato il brano Give it Away, da un’esibizione live negli studi di una radio di Seattle.

Did you give it away
Did you give it away for free
Don’t you give it away
Let’s try to keep it in the family
I know you know desolation
Coming home with your pockets full of sand
I know it’s no vacation
Now you’re plowing your tiny patch of land
In a nation under your command
Did you give it away
Yeah I gave it away
Did you give it away for free
What would you have us pay?
I didn’t know that your love was a commodity
What about appreciation
That depends on your depth and density
What about inflation
Your charts and graphs don’t mean a thing to me
In your nation with its worthless currency

Would you hide in the hay
Would you hide in the hay with me
Won’t you hide in the hay
Where it’s dark and we can scarcely breathe or see
Assured asphyxiation
Where the foxes and field mice make their dens
Death by association
I swore I’d never take anyone there again
To this nation
A nation under your command

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