Children yelling in Italian

John, Christine is still with us

Christine is dead, Laura

Of course, of course, I know but, you know the two ladies in the restaurant? Well, they were watching us while we were eating. They kept staring at us, they told me this because they could see sitting between us they could see Christine sitting between us

This is two people who we don't even know

Listen, listen now. There's one who's blind, she's the one that can see, she's the one who had the second sight, and she, she's blind and she described to me Christine's red plastic mac

Laura

John

Laura

Listen, I'm perfectly all right. In fact I haven't felt as good as this in months and months, I feel really fine. I don't need pills, I'm not going crazy, I feel really great

When did the doctor say you can leave?

Any time, I only fainted

John, Christine is still with us

Christine is dead, Laura

Of course, of course, I know but, you know the two ladies in the restaurant? Well, they were watching us while we were eating. They kept staring at us, they told me this because they could see sitting between us they could see Christine sitting between us

This is two people who we don't even know

Listen, listen now. There's one who's blind, she's the one that can see


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America Lyrics as written by Anthony Gonzalez Nicolas Fromageau

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    General Comment

    The sample in the song is an audio clip from the film 'Don't Look Now'

    There's a couple, called Laura and John, who lost their daughter, Christine, when she drowned in an accident at her home.

    The couple move to Italy where Laura meets two old women (they're sisters). One of the sisters is blind and claims to be able to make contact with Christine.

    John refuses to believe this and believes Laura is beginning to lose her sanity.

    The 'red mac' is what Christine was wearing when she drowned (it's a raincoat; not a computer -___-)

    Sausagepieson October 12, 2010   Link

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