Seen the carnival at Rome
Had the women I had the booze
All I can remember now
Is little kids without no shoes
So I saw that train
And I got on it
With a heartful of hate
And a lust for vomit
Now I'm walking on the sunnyside of the street
Stepped over bodies in Bombay
Tried to make it to the U.S.A.
Ended up in Nepal
Up on the roof with nothing at all
And I knew that day
I was going to stay
Right where I am, on the sunnyside of the street
Been in a palace, been in a jail
I just don't want to be reborn a snail
Just want to spend eternity
Right where I am, on the sunnyside of the street
As my mother wept it was then I swore
To take my life as I would a whore
I know I'm better than before
I will not be reconstructed
Just wanna stay right here
On the sunnyside of the street
Had the women I had the booze
All I can remember now
Is little kids without no shoes
So I saw that train
And I got on it
With a heartful of hate
And a lust for vomit
Now I'm walking on the sunnyside of the street
Stepped over bodies in Bombay
Tried to make it to the U.S.A.
Ended up in Nepal
Up on the roof with nothing at all
And I knew that day
I was going to stay
Right where I am, on the sunnyside of the street
Been in a palace, been in a jail
I just don't want to be reborn a snail
Just want to spend eternity
Right where I am, on the sunnyside of the street
As my mother wept it was then I swore
To take my life as I would a whore
I know I'm better than before
I will not be reconstructed
Just wanna stay right here
On the sunnyside of the street
Contributed by Dq82 - 2023/12/5 - 14:32
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Hell's ditch
(Shane MacGowan, Jem Finer)
L’inno agli immigrati The Sunnyside of the Street contiene uno dei ritornelli più riusciti di MacGowan: “Ho visto quel treno e ci sono salito / Con il cuore pieno d’odio e di voglia di vomitare / Ora cammino sul lato al sole della strada”. Con la melodia di Spider Stacy al tin whistle e l’ottima mandola del co-autore Jem Finer, la canzone tratteggia un quadro realistico della speranza e dell’angoscia che si provano nel lasciare la propria terra natale per andare in cerca di fortuna. Grazie alla produzione di Joe Strummer dei Clash (che ha anche sostituito brevemente MacGowan quando i Pogues l’hanno cacciato, dopo questo album), il ringhio di MacGowan si adagia dolcemente nella sunny side del mix. “Quel giorno ho capito che sarei rimasto proprio dove sono”, canta, “sul lato al sole della strada”.
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