Ο δραπέτης | Jail-breaker

[Geske 37]

I really really didn't have time for this, but when I opened Internet this morning the 'stixoi' site threw it at me for my fortune cookie and I couldn't resist.

It's against my principles to speculate on this kind of thing, but I really think the lyrics started from "κατεβαίνεις στη στάση Καμάρα - σε κινούμενη άμμο πατάς" and the rest of the song came from there.

Kamara is in Thessaloniki, it's (what's left off) the triumphal arch of the emperor Galerius, at the east end of Egnatia, just before the fountain that's where the city gate used to be, and beyond is the university. If you make a date to mee someone in town in Thessaloniki, 10 to 1 it's going to be there, at Kamara. It's a very, very busy bus stop.

Come to think of it, last time I got off the bus there I was carrying on my shoulder an Ikea bookcase for someone's record collection...........

Ο δραπέτης _____||_____ Jail-breaker

Στίχοι: Λάζαρος Ανδρέου

Μουσική: Σταύρος Κουγιουμτζής

Σιωπηλή η ζωή σου Σαχάρα_____||_____ Your silent life, a Sahara,

τις οάσεις να φεύγουν κοιτάς_____||_____ you watch the oases disappear.

κατεβαίνεις στη στάση Καμάρα_____||_____ You get off at the Kamara stop

σε κινούμενη άμμο πατάς_____||_____ stepping on quicksand.

Βιαστικά σαν δραπέτης τρυπώνεις_____||_____ You hurry to hole up, like a jail-breaker,

στις υγρές του μυαλού σου στοές_____||_____ in the damp galleries of your mind.

το σακάκι σου δεν ξεκουμπώνεις_____||_____ You never unbutton your jacket

μη φανούν οι βαθιές σου πληγές_____||_____ to keep your deep wounds from showing.

Μες το βράδυ σε βρήκα θλιμμένο_____||_____ In the evening I found you grieving,

κάτω εκεί στην αρχαία αγορά_____||_____ down there in the Ancient Market

να ρωτάς με μυαλό σαλεμένο_____||_____ asking, light-headed:

πόσο πόνο χωράει η καρδιά_____||_____ how much pain can the heart hold?