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El gosset va riure (Arturo Bandini)

from .​.​. ho diu Sant Feliu! by Ask the Dust

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La llegenda del escriptor sense màquina d'escriure, del follador insaciable, del italià ultracatòlic que pecaba sense parar... amb tots vostés, l'home que va donar nom al nostre grup: Arturo Bandini (o era John Fante?)

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AND ARTURO BANDINI, THE GREAT AUTHOR
DIPPED DEEP INTO HIS COLOUR/FUL IMAGINATION,
ROMANTIC BANDINI, JUST CHOCK-FULL OF CLEVER PHRASES,
AUTHOR OF THE LITTLE DOG, THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED

SHE WAS SO MUCH FINER THAN I,
SO MUCH MORE HONEST,
AND I COULD NOT LOOK AT HER (WARM) EYES,
(THAT) I WAS SICK OF MYSELF

THERE WAS NO FEELING,
EXCEPT TERROR AND A FEAR OF HER,
A SENSE THAT HER BEAUTY WAS TOO MUCH,

SHE WAS SO MUCH FINER THAN I, / SO MUCH MORE HONEST,
AND I COULD NOT LOOK AT HER (WARM) EYES,
(THAT) I WAS SICK OF MYSELF

THEN SHE TOOK MY WRIST / WITH HER TWO HANDS.
SHE PRESSED HER LIPS / INTO THE PALM OF MY HAND.
SHE PLACED MY HAND UPON / HER BOSOM BETWEEN HER BREASTS.
SHE TURNED HER LIPS TOWARDS / TOWARDS MY FACE AND WAITED.

SHE WAS SO MUCH FINER THAN I,
SO MUCH MORE HONEST,
AND I COULD NOT LOOK AT HER (WARM) EYES,
(THAT) I WAS SICK OF MYSELF

THERE WAS NO FEELING,
EXCEPT TERROR AND A FEAR OF HER,
A SENSE THAT HER BEAUTY WAS TOO MUCH,

SHE WAS SO MUCH FINER THAN I, / SO MUCH MORE HONEST,
AND I COULD NOT LOOK AT HER (WARM) EYES,
(THAT) I WAS SICK OF MYSELF

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from .​.​. ho diu Sant Feliu!, released September 22, 2012

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ASK THE DUST Spain

Uns amics de St Feliu de Guíxols, amb vocació acústica, amb un peu al country i l'altre al punk, mig cor a Texas i l'altre mig a l'Empordà...

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