LXXII

FOR THIS PLAY
CHARLOTTE COMES IN FROM BEHIND THE CURTAIN
SHE IS TRYING TO REMEMBER
WHAT EXACTLY SHE IS TOLD TO SAY
BUT CAN'T REMEMBER A WORD

&

THIS IS A PARALYZED ENTITY
I'M THE DAUGHTER OF A PARALYZED ENTITY
THAT IS ASHAMED OF ME

JUST CAN'T IMAGINE WHY
I CAN BE SO SWEET
AND I CAN BE SO NICE
I CAN EVEN LOOK GOOD  IF I PUT ON THE VEIL

WHY IS HE ASHAMED OF ME
WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME

IT'S VERY TRAGIC  VERY TRAGIC SITUATION
I CAN'T DOCUMENT IT
I CAN'T DOCUMENT THIS SHIT
UNDERSTAND ME?

&

"COME ON LET'S TWIST AGAIN
LIKE WE DID LAST SUMMER
YEAAAH LET'S TWIST AGAIN
LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR"

IT WAS A GRAND TROUVAILLE
TO REMAKE THE SAME SONG A YEAR LATER
KIND OF UNPARALLELED BUSINESS IDEA

THIS IS THE BAPHOMET TWIST

THAT'S AN ACCIDENT THAT THESE TWO FINGERS
BESIDE ALL THE OTHER MEANINGS
THEY ARE THE SYMBOL OF THE PISTOL
IN A SHADOW PLAY

SO IT'S ONE MORE MEANING TO THE DOUBLE FINGERS
THAN SWEARING AND JUDGING

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THIS SONG WAS BEFORE THE BULLYING ERA
IN THE AGE OF INNOCENCE
THEY SAY THERE WAS NO BULLYING
HA-HA  THAT'S A JOKE

"CHARLIE BROWN HE'S A CLOWN"
I KNOW  I REMEMBER THIS
BECAUSE I HAVE A PERSONAL LIFE
AND IN MY PERSONAL LIFE
I DON'T THINK ANYONE WENT THROUGH MORE BULLYING
THAN I DID IN MY CHILDHOOD

I REMEMBER IT WELL
IT'S IMPRINTED WELL ENOUGH
OOO  NOT TO HAVE ERASED BY ANY TREASON
BECAUSE TREASON IS SUPERFICIAL
YOU ONLY CAN DO IT ON THE CONSCIOUS LEVEL
YOU CANNOT ERASE MEMORIES YOU DON'T WANT TO REMEMBER

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SO I HAVE VERY MUCH EMPATHY
FOR MODERN-DAY BULLYINGS
BUT THEY CANNOT BE WORSE THAN WHAT I KNOW

HUMAN IS THIS CRUEL  THIS CRUEL ANIMAL
VERY CRUEL

THIS IS NOT A TOPIC OF COURSE
TO TELL PERSONAL ANECDOTES
I JUST HAVE TO WARRANT
THAT I UNDERSTAND WHAT BULLYING IS

I KNOW HOW MUCH WORSE IT IS TODAY
NOW IT'S EVEN ON TELEVISION

&

WHEN I WAS A CHILD THERE WAS NO TELEVISION
IT WAS A MIRACLE TO SEE TELEVISION
THIS IS END FIFTIES, RIGHT
AGE SIX TO TWELVE LET'S SAY
NOT ONE DAY I WAS LEFT UNBEATEN
NOT ONE DAY - NEVER KNEW WHY

AND TO THAT CAME A VERY PROTECTIVE FAMILY
CAN YOU IMAGINE A WORSE CONSTELLATION TO GROW UP IN
THIS IS A SMALL TOWN  CLOSE TO THE BALKANS

OH I KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THIS BULLYING
AND HOW IT HAPPENS EXACTLY
IT HAS NOT CHANGED ANYTHING - MAYBE IT'S NOW RECORDED ON TELEPHONE
THAT MUCH WE EVOLVED
THAT NOW THE CRIMINALS ARE RECORDING THEIR CRIMES

THAT'S WHAT VIDEO MADE POSSIBLE
GANGS VIDEO THEIR ROBBERIES
AND YOU KNOW MURDER - DON'T HAPPEN MURDER ANY MORE
WITHOUT FILMED - MEDIA AGE

THERE ARE THE FORESTS STILL
BUT IT'S MOSTLY VIDEO CRIME

&

THE SCARS YOU KNOW  THE SCARS  THE SCARS
THE SCARS  THAT YOU CAN'T JUST FORGET THEM
TRY TO ERASE IT FROM THE MEMORY
THE MORE YOU TRY TO ERASE IT THE STRONGER IT BECOMES
YOU CAN'T ERASE THE MEMORY
ERASING THE MEMORY  IT MEANS ACTIVATING IT

CAN'T STOP THE BRAINS
THE BRAINS ARE IN A HORRIBLE STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION
IT'S STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION
HUMAN BRAINS ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION - NOT FUNCTIONING

EXPERIENCED ON - THAT'S WHY WE ARE THE QUALITY
THE ELITE  THE ELITE ARE THOSE THAT ARE EXPERIENCED ON

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"PUT A CHAIN AROUND MY NECK
AND LEAD ME ANYWHERE
OH LET ME BE
YOUR TEDDY BEAR"

ROCK AND ROLL SAVED ME
THERE WAS A THIRD POINT
BETWEEN FAMILY AND ENEMY 
THERE WAS A THIRD POINT
THAT WAS ROCK AND ROLL
COMING FROM THE DISTANCE

IT'S INTERESTING  THAT'S WHY I'M TELLING IT
ROCK AND ROLL SAVES VERY DIFFERENT WAYS
VERY DIFFERENT PEOPLE
IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE IT
YOU KNOW HOW LOU REED WAS
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW A NOBODY WAS

"IT'S GOTTA BE ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC
IF YOU WANNA DANCE WITH ME"
REQUEST -

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ESCAPING FROM THE SCHOOL
TO MY GRANDMOTHER'S BACKROOM
WHERE THERE WAS A RADIO
THAT COULD RECEIVE THE EMISSION
OF RADIO FREE EUROPE

IT WAS JAMMED
BUT IN-BETWEEN CAME UP LITTLE FRAGMENTS

SO HERE IS MY PICTURE BOOK  SUDDENLY OPENED
DON'T KNOW WHY - BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER
BECAUSE ANYTHING GOES  ANYTHING GOES
WHATEVER YOU SAY  WHATEVER YOU SAY

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OSH HAS ENLIGHTENED ME
WHAT ARE MY IMPORTANCE OF TOPICS
SO I UNDERSTAND NOW
THAT I DON'T ONLY HAVE TO PROMOTE
THE OVERNATIONAL SOCIALIST PARTY ALL THE TIME
BUT CAN ON THE PRETEXT OF THESE WORKSHIPS
TALK ABOUT MYSELF  LIKE A PSYCHODRAMA

HOW BLOODY DISGUSTING IT CAN GET HA
IF YOU GIVE IT FREE HAND
I WILL TRY TO PUT IT INTO CONTEXT
I WILL TRY
I'LL PUT IT INTO CONTEXT

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I WASN'T ISOLATED
ROCK AND ROLL CONNECTED ME WITH THE WORLD
WITH AN ILLUSORIC WORLD
I UNDERSTOOD IT'S NOT REAL
WERE WATCHING A LOT OF NEO-REALIST MOVIES AS WELL AT THE SAME TIME
I WAS A VERY INTELLIGENT CHILD
MAYBE THAT'S WHY I WAS BULLIED SO MUCH

THERE WAS OF COURSE THE ATTITUDE TO IT
THE ATTITUDE AND THE RHYTHM
YOU WERE NEVER ANY MORE A NATIONAL BOY
IF YOU GOT THE VIRUS OF ROCK AND ROLL

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HOW SWEET  HOW SWEET
EVERYTHING YOU SAY CHARLOTTE
CAN BE SO SWEET  SO SWEET
JUST SPEAK CHARLOTTE
SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT
I GIVE YOU  FREE HAND

SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT
CHARLOTTE JUST SPEAK
OPEN YOUR MOUTH
SPEAK DARLING  YOU ARE SWEET

OO OOO MERCI  MERCI BEAUCOUP
I AM CHARLOTTE  CHARLOTTE BONAPARTE
HELLO  HELLO
HELLO  HELLO

HELLO  HELLO 
HELLO  HELLO HELLO
HELLO  I'M CHARLOTTE

THAT I HAVE COME HOME
HELLO  HELLO
CHARLOTTE IS HERE
AND SHE'LL STAY WITH YOU
SHE'LL STAY WITH YOU

"COME ON, COME ON
DO THE LOCOMOTION WITH ME
YOU GOTTA SWING YOUR HIPS NOW"

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"CALLIN' OUT AROUND THE WORLD
ARE YOU READY FOR A BRAND NEW BEAT"

I REMEMBER  I REMEMBER
WHEN I WAS ONE OF THOSE
WHEN I WAS ONE OF THOSE

DO YOU HAVE THE EVIDENCE
PASSPORT  EVIDENCE
PAPERS DO YOU HAVE  THE PROOF
YOU WERE ONE OF THEM?
MAYBE YOU ARE JUST LYING IT
LYING IT TO YOURSELF
JUST TO YOURSELF

ONE OF THE UGLY DEVILS
WHO WANT TO BE ANGELS
I'M JUST ONE OF THOSE UGLY DEVILS
WHO WANT TO BE ANGELS AGAIN

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I HATE YOU JEW  I HATE YOU
HOW I HATE YOU
I HATE YOU JEW  I HATE YOU
I HATE YOU SO MUCH

I CAN DELIVER  HA-HA-HA-HA-HAAA
OH JEW  YEEEEH

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THE CHAIN  WHAT MY MAIN CHAIN IS
MY MAIN CHAIN IS THAT I AM FORBIDDEN TO REPEAT MYSELF
THAT'S THE FIRST MAJOR CHAIN THEY PUT ON THE WORD
NOW I DO  BECAUSE IT'S UNAVOIDABLE
MY CAPACITY IS NOT PREPARED AT THE SAME TIME
ACCORDINGLY THE DEMAND

SO I HAVE TO REPEAT MYSELF
LIKE I'M REPEATING MYSELF NOW
I'M REPEATING MYSELF ALL THE TIME
NOTHING ELSE I DO
PRACTICALLY I SAY ONE THING OR TWO
REPEATEDLY - ONE OR TWO THINGS

LIKE KILL THE CRIME I'M SAYING ALL THE TIME
AND SAVE SEX  THE OTHER THING
I'M SAYING ALL THE TIME
THESE TWO THINGS MAINLY 

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I WAS INTRODUCED TO ROCK AND ROLL
EVERYBODY HAS THIS FIRST IMPRESSION 
WHAT WAS IT  WHAT WAS THE MAJOR THING
THAT INTRODUCED HIM TO METAL  OR PUNK
AND I'M OLD ENOUGH TO CALL IT ROCK AND ROLL

SO BACK TO THE F-FI-FI-FIFTIES, RIGHT
FIFTIES WHEN I WAS A CHILD
THE FIRST SONG THAT HYPNOTIZED ME 
WAS PAUL ANKA'S DIANA

AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU HOW I HEARD IT
THE APARTMENT WHERE I GREW UP
IN THIS SMALL TOWN I MENTIONED BEFORE
IN THIS VIDEO - BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A PERSONAL VIDEO
LOOKED DOWN TO A PUB - A GARDEN OF A PUB
PERMANENT FIGHTS - EVERY NIGHT FIGHTS
IT ACCOMPANIED MY GROWING UP
EVERY NIGHT FIST AND KNIFE FIGHTS UNDER THE WINDOW

THAT AGAIN DOESN'T REALLY MATTER
THE POINT IS THAT IN THIS PUB THERE WAS AN ORCHESTRA
TO PLAY TO THE CONSTANT BRAWL THAT WAS THERE
AND THEY PLAYED EVERY KINDS OF MUSIC
AND SINCE WE WROTE '58 OR WHAT
THEY PLAYED EVEN VERY NEW MUSIC FROM THE WEST
AND ROCK AND ROLL WITH THE RIGHT RHYTHM
VERY GOOD MUSICIANS - MAYBE GYPSIES
THE GYPSIES PLAYED VERY GOOD ROCK AND ROLL
AND THEY PLAYED DIANA  WITH THE SAXOPHONE
THAT SAXOPHONE - THAT WAS IT
AND THEY SANG IN ENGLISH, BABY
THEY SANG IT IN ENGLISH
I WAS MESMERIZED 

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BABY EVERYTHING IS ALRIGHT
THAT WAS THE MAIN MESSAGE OF THE SIXTIES
UNLIKE THE MAIN MESSAGE OF TODAY

EVERYTHING IS  BROKEN OR SOMETHING
EVERYTHING IS BURNING OR THINGS LIKE THAT
IT'S NOT ALRIGHT NOW
THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY
AND I BELIEVE THEM

"THEY'RE BOPPIN' AT THE HIGH SCHOOL HOP
SHAKIN' AT THE HIGH SCHOOL HOP
HOPPIN' AT THE HIGH SCHOOL ROCK
ROCKIN' AT THE HIGH SCHOOL HOP
WELL EVERYBODY HOPPIN'
EVERYBODY BOPPIN'
BOPPIN' AT THE HIGH SCHOOL HOP"

THE TRAIN OF ROCK AND ROLL I AM TRAVELING ON
IS CONDUCTED BY TIME
THE TRAIN OF ROCK AND ROLL I AM TRAVELING ON
IS CONDUCTED BY TIME