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Girl of Gr​à​cia

from Southern Lights [reissue] by Angelo Romano

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Written in 2016 as the first new song of Angelo after moving to Barcelona, it narrates of him wondering about the mysterious life of a female listener while passing by and stopping to a street musician playing in the cozy neighbourhood of Gràcia.

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And I’m watching from a distance
while dreaming of the ladies
pretending to read that Carver’s book
and I know she’s somewhere
while staring on her shoes
pretending to have a life of fame
and her joyful tears, her words of kindness
they just get lost into the evening lights.

And the girl of Gràcia
she’ll watch and hear the bluesy boy
playing on the street
she’ll search for love or just to be loved
while this stupid world, this seizured world
is just plain blind tonight.

And I’m writing with a distance
while dreaming of the ladies
and pretending to care of other souls
and I know she’s somewhere,
even better just anywhere
approaching silently the deaf,
and the sense of this
is just the sense of whiskey:
to just get lost and forget about the rest.
(we should better forget about the rest)

And the girl of Gràcia
she’ll watch and hear the bluesy boy
playing on the street
she’ll share her smile
from a brainsmoke cloud
while singing along, singing along,
singing along inside her mind.

And the girl of Gràcia
she’ll watch and hear the bluesy body
playing on the street
she’ll share a word after the last tune
just to get closer, possibly not too much.

And the girl of Gràcia
she’ll play her life at the promenade
with guitar words
she’s never dared to learn
and maybe she’ll search for love
or perhaps just to be loved.

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from Southern Lights [reissue], released May 22, 2020
Angelo Romano: lead vocals, guitars, bass guitar, synthesizer, field recordings
María Borrell: cello
Nacho López: violin

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Angelo Romano Palermo, Italy

Born 1982 in Sicily, Angelo Romano is a singer-songwriter with a totally personal approach to music and arts. His life is kind of a weird storybook, with several cities all around where he spent some time and lived his life: from Pisa to Florence, from Ottawa to Amsterdam, from Groningen to Berlin, Utrecht, Barcelona and then Palermo, where he is currently based. ... more

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