PHOENIX: Canarul - The Canary -_-) Nicu Covaci & V.Şuvagău

Lyrics & Music (C) PHOENIX, All Rights Reserved // Video (C) 2011 Ivan Jacob Steinberger, All rights Reserved The canary, so yellow... like a yolk... with soft feathers and dreamy eyes, was singing behind the silver wires and his tune was fading in the wind Suddently his sad eyes tremble, he moves his wings, but in vain: hitting his chest at the silver wires he falls down, his chest broken Poor canary, it seemed to you that the horizons opened up for you, but it was only a dream and, wounded, you fell down The canary, yellow like a yolk, with soft feathers and dreamy eyes, was crying behind the silver wires and his crying was fading in the wind, and his crying was fading in the wind, and his crying was fading in the wind... ============================= TRANSSYLVANIA PHOENIX (also known as PHOENIX in Romania) are a Romanian rock band formed in 1962 in Timişoara by guitarists Nicu Covaci and Kamocsa Béla. Guitarist Claudiu Rotaru, vocalist Florin "Moni" Bordeianu and drummer Ioan "Pilu" Ştefanovici completed the early lineup. The group became famous in Romania in the 1970s when it started fusing their 1960s rock and roll sound with traditional folk music, thus pioneering the "ethno rock" sub-genre. After gaining popularity in Romania during the so-called British invasion in the mid-60s, Phoenix were banned from performing and recording in 1970 when, on his last concert as a group member before emigrating to the United States, vocalist Florin "Moni" Bordeianu made derogatory remarks about Nicolae Ceauşescu's regime and its approach to western music. The group would reach legend-status amongst Romanians in 1977 when they illegally fled to West Germany, exposing themselves to risks such as being arrested, deported or even executed by Ceauşescu's Securitate. They have been estimated to have sold over 15 million albums in Romania. =============== Canarul galben ca un galbenus cu pene moi si ochii dusi Canta de dupa sarmele de-argint si viersu-i se pierdea in vant Deodata ochii tristi din cap tresar si da din aripi, dar in zadar Lovind cu pieptul sarmele de-argint cazu in jos cu pieptul frant Sarman canar, ti s-a parut ca zarile ti s-au deschis Dar n-a fost doar, decat un vis ranit tu ai cazut Canarul galben ca un galbenus cu pene moi si ochii dusi Plangea de dupa sarmele de-argint si plansu-i se pierdea in vant si plansu-i se pierdea in vant si plansu-i se pierdea ïn vant... .