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Jacob's Ladder (Not In My Name)

Chumbawamba
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LA SCALA DI GIACOBBE (NON NEL MIO NOME)

Come il Sermone della Montagna
dice che i più stupidi son diventati stupidi
Il fuoco dell'inferno e lo zolfo
barattati con armi e petrolio
Quando siamo morti e sepolti
ci assomigliamo tutti
nel nome del padre, forse
ma non nel mio nome

Su questa scala di Giacobbe
l'unica via per salire è scendere
A un passo dal disastro
Due per salire al livello superiore
La scala di Giacobbe

Un milione di vite
Lasciate morire al sole
nelle strade della Casa Bianca
I cani si mangiano le ossa
L'undici settembre è diventato un marchio
L'undici settembre è stato svenduto
E non resterà più nessuno ad annaffiare
i semi che hai piantato

Su questa scala di Giacobbe
l'unica via per salire è scendere
A un passo dal disastro
Due per salire al livello superiore
La scala di Giacobbe

E lo hanno mandato in guerra
a farsi ammazzare, a farsi ammazzare
E lo hanno mandato in guerra
a farsi ammazzare
"Jacob's Ladder"

Like rusty old nails at the bottom of the sea
Telling no tales, for the good of the admiralty
You jump when you're told to through the open door
And the King of Norway, he's the man you all died for

On this, Jacob's ladder
The only way up is down
Three days in the water
Watching all the secrets drown
Jacob's ladder

And they sent him to the wars to be slain, to be slain
And they sent him to the wars to be slain

A thousand lifetimes, left standing at the docks
In the bar down in Whitehall, they're sure the boat won't rock
In a file marked secret's in a drawer kept closed
Nobody wonders because nobody knows

On this Jacob's ladder
The only way up is down
Three days in the water
Watching all the secrets drown
Jacob's ladder

And they sent him to the wars to be slain, to be slain
And they sent him to the wars to be slain

And they sent him to the wars to be slain, to be slain
And they sent him to the wars to be slain
And they sent him to the wars to be slain, to be slain
And they sent him to the wars to be slain

On this Jacob's ladder
The only way up is down
Three days in the water
Watching all the secrets drown

On this Jacob's ladder
The only way up is down
Three days in the water
Watching all the secrets drown
Jacob's ladder

Sooner or later
We'll dig up the body and try your cadaver
Sooner or later
We'll dig up the body and try your cadaver
Sooner or later

Jacob's ladder


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