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Artist: Adam Guettel
Canonical path: /adam-guettel/statues-and-stories
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Statues and Stories
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Statues and Stories
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[Margaret]
What happened here? Well let’s see
On a central square, in a city of the Sun rose a palace
It was high and handsome gleaming like the crown of a king
[Clara]
Where would that be? Where is that?
[Margaret]
In the tower, a warning bell would ring
[Clara]
What kind of warning?
[Margaret]
For a fire, or a river overflowing
[Clara]
Oh
[Margaret]
Firenze
On a central square, the beginning of a kingdom republic
[Clara]
Is there a king; is there a queen?
[Margaret]
There were princes, painters, noblemen of logic and art
[Clara]
Firenze
[Margaret]
Leonardo
[Clara]
Leonardo
[Margaret]
Michaelangelo, the start
[Clara]
That’s a completely naked statue
[Margaret]
‘Twas a dawning day unfurling
[Clara]
From the heart
The painting of the world we know
[Clara and Margaret]
The world we know
On a central square
[Margaret]
In a city made of statues and stories
[Clara]
Go on and tell me what they mean
[Margaret]
It ignited there like a beacon coming out of the dark
You can feel it
[Clara]
You can feel it
[Margaret]
You can follow
[Clara]
You can follow
[Margaret]
The spark
[Clara]
We’re on vacation
[Margaret]
From an age to an age
[Clara]
From an age to an age
[Margaret]
In Firenze
[Clara]
In Firenze
[Margaret]
In Firenze
[Clara]
In Firenze
[Margaret]
The spark
[Clara]
The painting of
[Margaret and Clara]
The world
It started then and there and here we are
It’s a new old world to me
It’s a new old world and we are here
[Clara]
On a central square
[Margaret]
In a city made of statues and stories
[Margaret and Clara]
It ignited there like a beacon coming out of the dark
[Clara]
You can feel it
[Margaret]
You can feel it
[Clara]
You can follow
[Margaret]
You can follow
[Clara]
You can feel it
[Margaret]
You can feel it
[Clara]
You can follow
[Margaret]
You can follow the spark
[Clara]
We’re on vacation
[Margaret]
We’re on vacation
[Everyone (except Clara and Margaret)]
Ahhh
[Clara]
In Firenze
[Margaret]
In Firenze
[Clara]
In Firenze
[Margaret]
In Firenze
[Margaret]
The spark
[Clara]
The painting of
[Margaret and Clara]
The world
It started then and there and here we are
It’s a new old world to me
It’s a new old world and we are finally here
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