L'isola di Niente

Inflate you waistcoat, wind down your eyes,
Tie on your best smile, check your disguise.
Dryclean your old jokes, practise despair,
Hide your relations under the stairs.
You're invited to attend the turkey party convention;
Isn't that nice?
You can leave your troubles at the door
We have ways to make you cheer
As long as you're not sick or poor
A negro or a queer.
We can fit you with a suit of clothes
That will make you look like us,
An appointments book and a new outlook
A ladder or a truss
Have another cup of reality
Drink and drink some more!
You can own a boat, a house, a car,
Or live like Howard Hughes;
Come on what have you got to lose...
And if you're discreet there are pleasures sweet
You can even swap your wife
If you'11 only sign the dotted une
You'11 be fine... Oh so fine...
Thank you for joining here are your pills
The man in the white coat wilI send you the bill.
Would you like to meet
Our most distinguished member... a doctor Faustus by name!
Is my face on straight?
Will they laugh at the gate
Oh I mustn' t be late
Is my face on straight?
Is my face on straight?
Will they let me throught the gate
Oh I mustn't be late
Is my face on straight... Is my face on straight...
Is my face on straight?

Dolce Maria
dimentica i fiori dipinti dal tempo
sopra il tuo viso,
dagli anni andati via
seduta ad apettare la lunga, lunga via
nessuno da incontrare
non voltarti pi�

dal giorno arriver�
vestito di poesia
ti parler� dei sogni
che non ricordavi pi�
e ti benedir�
dolcissima Maria

dolce Maria
dagli occhi puliti,
dagli occhi bagnati,
dal tempo dannare
e presto sentirai
profumo di mattino
e il tordo canter�
volandoti vicino
non voltarti pi�

qualcuno se vorrai
vestito di poesia
ti coprir� d�amore
senza chiederti di pi�
e t�accarezzer�
dolcissima Maria