International Song lyrics -Austria

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The last summer was beautiful,
I was lying around in some kind of bay
The sun like fire on the skin,
The smell of the water, nothing is loud
Somewhere in Greece,
A ton of white sand
On my back was just your hand

Freedom/Liberta

When you decided to leave

all of your past behind,

flags paraded on the streets

and you saw freedom;

The Song of Songs -Against Forgetting

The Agropolis, early morning hours.

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I fought with the Greek Gods in school and learned the old Greek language -not by choice but by force at first. As children, we all tried to understand “The Odyssey” an epic poem that we had to read, but understood years later. My love for Greece and its people came naturally afterward when I finally started to understand the old philosophers.

The Bluebird of Happiness

The beggar man and the mighty king are only different in name,
For they are treated just the same by fate.

Today a smile and tomorrow tears,
We’re never sure what’s in store,
So learn your lesson before too late,

Cause life is sweet, tender and complete
When you find the bluebird of happiness.

Ship Of Fools

It’s getting cold, all signs indicate a storm
There’s only stupid giggling and nagging from the command tower
And a dull grinding sound from the engine.
Rolling and pounding and heavy seas
The band is playing a joyous song
And mad laughter is heard from the latrine.
The cargo is rotten, the papers are fake
The bilge pumps leak and the bulkheads are blocked
The hatches are wide open and all alarm bells are ringing.
The waves are crashing six-foot high into the loading bay
And St Elms fires are seen on the bay deck
Yet nobody on board is able to understand the signs!

Song Lyrics – “No, I Will Not Give My Sons”

A friend in Germany sent me the link to a song, and I would like to share it with all my blogging friends. The lyrics are in German, sung by many famous European artists who all decided to not ask for any kind of pay or reimbursement to be able to participate in this powerful arrangement.

Song Lyric Sunday -Goodbye for Grandma

I am an American and love this country with all my heart, but I also have a European Austrian-Italian soul. I am following Sunday Lyrics for a while but only posted once. My original splendid evening idea to post European songs every Sunday, didn’t seem to make too much sense the next day. Nevertheless, it didn’t leave me alone.

Democracy! Coming or Going?

1989 I sat in the lobby of a hotel in Frankfurt/Germany and watched the fall of the Berlin Wall on TV, surrounded by co-workers and clients. The beginning of a new era. We were optimistic and full of joy. At the time is seemed that the influence of the U.S. and western European countries was expanding, and nothing could stop it.

When Music touches the Soul

We dee dee dee dee dee dee

Brilliant!