Italian Cars

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Mi piacciono tante le cose italiane. Il gelato; gli spaghetti; i formaggi; le persone gentile; le bellissime colline, spiagge, piazze ed architettura… Ma forse più di tutto… le machine

I also have a soft spot for car/driving songs... Springsteen's Born to Run, Prince's Little Red Corvette, the Beach Boys' Little Deuce Coupe, The Beatles 'Drive my Car and more than any, Jonathon Richman's Dodge Veg-o-matic

So here's my go at the genre

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What is it ‘bout Italian cars?
Not just the ones that go so fast
The style the speed the smell the sound
The way they seem to hug the ground
Designed just so with no excess
Full automotive sexy dress
When they’re parked they work as art
And when they start they make you gasp
What is it ‘bout Italian cars
They’re movie stars

Their passionate demanding souls
Need tender care and lots of oil
They’ve temperament - won’t always start
Don’t always want to play the part

but when they’re warm and the road is bare
You’ll let them take you anywhere
They stir your soul they’ll eat you whole
They’ll tease reward and be forward
What is it ‘bout Italian cars)
They’re movie stars

Bridge

Alfa, Maserati, Fiat, Lamborghini,
Claudia Cardinale, Isabella Rossellini
Lancia, Ferrari, De Tomaso, Bizzarini,
Gina Lollabrigida, Monica Bellucci
Bugatti, Osca, Autobianchi, Innocenti,
Marcello Mastroianni, Roberto Benigni,
Isotta Fraschini… and Sophia Loren!

No-one who’s met a prancing horse
or raging bull or trident sword
Can ever lose that piercing sound
Rips through your heart and spins you round
They only come in red or red
And sometimes rarely blue instead
They’ll make you dance they’ll make you sing
And even write a song for them
What is it ‘bout Italian cars
They’re movie stars

Bridge

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released September 5, 2023
Once again the incongruously simultaneously intuitive yet laser focused guidance of the singer songwriter teacher extraordinaire Mr Charles Jenkins; and the spot on simpatico recording and production talent Mr Craig Pilkington

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