Testo Interview - Robert Calvert
Testo della canzone Interview (Robert Calvert), tratta dall'album Captain Lockheed And The Starfighters
So you wanna be a fighter pilot?
A star fighter pilot, sir
And why particularly a star fighter?
Because, sir, I am in love with this aircraft
This magnificent engine of steel and gleam
Well, that's very poetic, um, please continue
This aerodynamic Delilah, its up-tilted wings and sidewinder
Rockets, its clear curving cover, the whirling of dials and
Needles, the illustrious uniform of the Federal German Air Force
Yes, yes
The click of heels in salute, the flare of the jacket, the wide
Long-skirted hang of it, and, oh, the low shiny peak of the cap
I think— I think that's enough
But, sir, the danger and the glory of death, a young and dashing life
Gone up in flames, blonde maidens weeping, to die for one's country
To set forth in a silver lance to joust with the forces of darkness
They don't always crash, you know
It would be an honor to crash in such a plane
To be mangled and scorched
To be hideously mutilated beyond the recognition of one's own mother
Is that makeup you're wearing?
Makeup, sir?
Yes, makeup, you know, makeup, what ladies wear
Not only ladies wear makeup, sir
Well, what's that black stuff around your eyes? Is that mascara?
It's no good lying to you, I confess it, it is
Makeup, it's mascara, but only a little bit
What on Earth for?
M-my mother, sir
Your mother?
You see, m-my mother was the first woman
To fly the Atlantic in a Gassio glider
Gassio glider?
A machine of my father's invention. You see, he too was too much of
A professional aeronautical inventor to actually fly it himself
So mama took it and tried to fly it single-handed across the Atlantic
Well, what happened?
Sh-she crashed, spun down into the sea, and was never seen
Again. They found only her false eyelashes floating. So
You see, ever since, I've worn mascara in her sacred memory
I see
Well, sir, do I get a plane?
Well, in view of the confession you've just made, which must have
Taken a great deal of courage, I consider you an ideal type for the
Job. There's a plane waiting for you on the runway. The sergeant will
Give you an instruction manual on the way out. Oh, and by the way, um
Uh, Trippenhoff
Uh, Von Trippenhoff
Sir
Don't let the CO catch you wearing makeup on duty
Never, never in the uniform, sir
Alright then, but, uh
But, sir
Well, very subtly applied. Is that clear?
I understand, sir
Right, Herr Von Trippenhoff
Right here, sir
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