Testo Hostages Eugenio Finardi
Ugly duckling
In the end you got a handsome coat
You bought it with the royalties
Off some anthems he once wrote
But now you crave total control
Youâll blow the planet up if you donât get the vote
I feel the earthâs crust buckling
Under the weight of your ransome note
HOSTEGES! Youâre all hostages on earth
Youâve been betrayed and you wonât be tried
It doesnât matter now whoâs wrong or who lied
Youâre all hostages! Youâre all hostages from birth!
Youâve got a tickinâ bomb inside
And you pretend youâre just along for the ride
His tunes sold billions
They went uranium long ago
You heardâem at school you heardâem at home
Theyâre the only songs youâll ever know
So now he craves total control
So heâs been fixinâ up a super gala show
Sold out generations in advance
He sold you out and you gotta go
HOSTAGES! Youâre all hostages on earth
Youâve been betrayed and you wonât be tried
It doesnât matter now whoâs wrong or who lied
Youâre all hostages! Youâre all hostages from birth!
Youâve got a tickinâ bomb inside
And you pretend youâre just along for the ride
Now the ugly duckling
He got his beak in every ballot box
In republics and kingdoms
Protectorates, states and blocs
But now he craves total control
Heâs gonna fleece the preachers and them flocks
Heâs gonna rip off all the hicks in the sticks
All the Joneses, junkies and jocks
HOSTAGES! Youâre all hostages on earth
Youâve been betrayed and you wonât be tried
It doesnât matter now whoâs wrong or who lied
Youâre all hostages! Youâre all hostages from birth!
Youâve got a tickinâ bomb inside
And you pretend youâre just along for the ride