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Slipped in the Rain

from Holding Hands in Petropolis by Robert Rotifer

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lyrics

Er rutschte aus im Regen
Er ruinierte seine besten Hosen
Er war wieder einmal zu schnell gelaufen

I slipped in the rain
I ripped my best trousers
I was running too fast again
I lost my grip in the rain
Aha
And then everything stopped
I just wouldn't get up
I tripped in the rain

I slipped in the rain
As I came round the corner
On my way to the shops and then
I just lay in the rain
Aha
And I thought about how
You can always zone out
Didn't feel any pain
I tripped in the rain

There's a man in his fifties outside Sainsbury's
Face down on the pavement
His glasses are bent
His palms are shredded
And his knuckles are bleeding
From a vain attempt at catching his fall
Cause he wasn't just falling
Oh no, he was having a fall
And just then from the window of a passing car
He hears the voice of a woman say
“Are you okay?”
He feels instant shame as he jumps to his feet
And he hears himself yell in an alien voice
That he can't even recognise
“I'm alright, no worries”
Pathetic

I slipped in the rain
And I ruined my best trousers
I was running too fast again
Lost my grip in the rain
I tripped in the rain
Oh I slipped in the rain

I slipped in the rain
As I came round the corner
On my way to the shops and then
I just lay in the rain

I slipped in the rain
As I came round the corner
I may have been running too fast again
I lost my grip again

The man in his fifties is walking home
Half a torn trouser leg dangling round his knee
Clenching and unclenching his fist
Just to see if his fingers are okay
And all the parts are still moving

Er rutschte aus im Regen
Er ruinierte seine besten Hosen
Er war wieder einmal zu schnell gelaufen

credits

from Holding Hands in Petropolis, released September 15, 2023
Robert Rotifer: guitar, bass, keys, percussion, vocals
Aram Zarikian: drums and percussion
Der Nino aus Wien: German synopsis
Helen McCookerybook, Kenji Kitahama, Amelia Fletcher, Paul Pfleger: vocal samples
Ian Button: mellotron cello

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Robert Rotifer Canterbury, UK

Robert Rotifer is a musician, writer, sometime artist, singer (of sorts), born in Vienna deep in the last century, He moved to the UK just before it ended (the century, that is), has made some 11 or 12 albums and has been lucky enough to play in bands he rates with people who also turned up on his records over the years.

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