(I'm not) The Prodigal Son

from Mattino by The Charmin'Elf

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(I’M NOT) THE PRODIGAL SON
Lyrics and music: Giovanni Mastrangelo

When I was a young boy
I heard my mother sayin’
That I was too young to
Sell my soul.

When I was a young boy
I heard my father sayin’
That I was too young to
Go away from my home.

Cover me with ground
Cover me with tears, rain and snow
Cover me with leaves
‘Cos I’ll never come back to my home.

I was runnin’ through the moonlights
Talkin’ on with closed eyes
Of the young sunflowers
I was the happy watcher.

I was runnin’ through the midnights
Walkin’ on the muddy streets
Of an old unknown town
That I’ve never seen before.

Scream and call my name
Trough the rivers and valleys and roads
Scream and curse my name
‘Cos I’ll never come back to my home.

And then came the winter
And he froze my soul
And then came the winter
To chill my tears.

And then came the winter
And night was too cold
And my heart stopped his beatin’
My grave is the ice.

Cover me with ground
Cover me with tears, rain and snow
Cover me with leaves
‘Cos I will never come back to my home.

Cover me with ground
Cover me with tears, rain and snow
Cover me with leaves
‘Cos I’m not the prodigal son!

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from Mattino, released December 31, 2004
Lyrics and music: Giovanni Mastrangelo

Giovanni Mastrangelo: vocals, bouzouki, electric bass
Mara Campobasso: backing vocals
Nicola Cicerale: guitar, backing vocals
Fabio Trimigno: viola, violin I & II
Aldo Grillo: tapan, bodhrán

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