Born to be Abramo [1990] [English translation]

"So, boys, just a reminder: to join the Chestnut-tour in Filzetta Valley you've got to sign up to father Egidio, down in the parish office. To all the smart-asses out there, remember: no Mass, no Chestnut-tour, I hope I made myself clear" 1

Elio, Elio, E-E-E-E-E-Elio, Elio and the Troubled Stories [...]

Stay with me, Lord, at sundown

Stay with me, and we shall be at peace

Drive me crazy, hurt me 2

Night shall never fall down again

We'll take our brothers to you

We'll take them on the streets

Life of my own life

I don't care of your past

I don't care who you've been with

In the streets of the world, o Lord

I don't care of your past

I don't care who you've been with

Stay with me, with me

"By the way, it's useless to rehearse for the choir on Wednesday's evening if on Sunday the only ones to show up are the usual three - sorry about the word - dupes"

Abramo, don't go, don't leave

Don't leave your home

What do you think you'll find?

The street is always the same

But people are different

It's going to be your enemy

Where do you think you can go?

Born, born, born to be Abraham

Born to be Abraham

Go and proclaim my Good News

(Word of Yahveh)

Leave your country

Go where I will show you

(Word of Yahveh)

Leave your country

Go where I will show you

The nets were abandoned on the shore

Fishermen left them there

They went with Jesus

The crowd who sang "Hosanna" is gone

But silence seems to suggest

A question to the Twelve

Born, born, born to be Abraham

Born to be Abraham

You know what you're leaving

What will your Lord give you?

Descendants, a land and a promise

(Word of Yahveh)

Leave your country

Go where I will show you

(Word of Yahveh)

Leave your country

Go where I will show you

Word of Yahveh...

The word of Yahveh

Is the word of Yahveh

Abraham, don't go, don't leave

It's not like I'm Bhagwan

Who just died 3

I am Yahweh

"And one last thing: those ladies, 13 - 14 years old, showing up in our Youth Club made up like strumpets should know that this is neither the place, nor the time to waste time with 'those' things, because we're here to grow up, to become adults, to become a community and to become one another's neighbor. We know that all young people are defensless when..."

1. this is the first of three spoken parts in which the band keyboardist, Rocco Tanica, pretends to be a priest or someone in a parish giving comunications to the young members of the community. Filzetta Valley is a fictional place.2. these lyrics are taken (and mixed) from a religious song and a Neapolitan song from the '50s.3. the Indian guru better known as Osho had died a few months before the release of the single

• Artist:Elio e le Storie Tese
• Album:Arrivedorci