Ute Lemper / Enzo Jannacci - The Photograph lyrics

rate me

Don’t look at this photograph

it’s just a little kid

me…I’m the one with the glass of wine

him…he’s the one without a smile.

Now that they are all gone and everything’s done

and the raindrops are beating like drums against my window

I only wait for the rain to wash away my pain

and the chalk sign of the life they carried away…

You of the law, you scream “go away just go away!

there’s nothing to be seen, nothing to be understood”

I think you’re wrong, my boy was only thirteen

tell me why does nobody care, tell me why does nobody see

and right and wrong seem so for away.

Look at this photograph he was just a little child

I’m the one with the drunken eyes

he’s the one without a smile

games of fate and real arms

games of real fears

I never taught him who has won

I hadn’t time for his tears

Look at this photograph

he was just a little child

I’m the one with the drunken eyes

he’s the one without a smile

he didn’t know how to live a life outside this deadly game

in a home of troubles he was playing when destiny came

games of fate and real arms

games of real fears

I never taught him who had won

I hadn’t time for his tears.

Raindrops disappeared and chalk sign’s washed away

hey officer, don’t you feel sick today? But why?

It’s my son who’s dead not yours and maybe I’m guilty

but if you justify injustice

what do I represent towards my son

when right and wrong seem so far away

Look at this photograph he was just a little child

I’m the one with the drunken eyes

he’s the one without a smile

he didn’t know how to live a life outside this deadly game

in a home of troubles he was playing when destiny came

Look at this photograph he was just a little child

I’m the one with the drunken eyes

he’s the one without a smile

Lookin’ at photographs

Gazin’ at photographs

and the winner is the false mask of publicity

and the winner is the violent music and the torture of drums

and the winner is the power of money and the blood money…

Hey you, who’re famous

please sign this photograph.<br />

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Thanks to Alex84