"Memphis Blues Again" lyrics - DANIELE LUPPI

Functionalism's a bore
Modernism's a chore
Bauhaus school makes me snore
Why do people adore
Steel tubes bent to a frame
All their shit looks the same
Le Corbusier's a shame
Yeah he's mostly to blame
Peter Shire built a chair
And he called it Bell Air
Critics said "too much flair"
Peter Shire didn't care
Minimalism's absurd
To me its just a word
I wished I'd never heard
Dont you know there's a third
After function and form
Makes you feel nice and warm
Makes you question the norm
Lets your stray from the swarm
Yes emotion makes three
It makes objects complete
Go ahead take a seat
In Michele de Lucchi
Why should it not have dots?
Why should it not have lots?
Will you tell me why not?
Are you artists or cops?

[Chorus:]
We're stuck inside
The Salon of Mobile
We're stuck inside
With the memphis blues again

Ettore is my name
Furniture is my game
Thinking frees has been my claim
Since 1917
Symmetry is the past
I prefer the contrast
Critics said that it clashed
Time will tell who outlasts
Picture this on your wall
It's not meant to appall
Yeah that chair has got a ball
It's about eight feet tall
No need to be a grouch
Have a seat on my couch
Makes it easy to slouch
With the arms pointing out

This lamp looks like a bird
Yeah its kind of absurd
No you haven't misheard
This lamp looks like a bird
Don't confuse what I meant
No malicious intent
I'm just trying to invent
Press this key to indent
On my typing machine
It's called the valentine
Comes in blue, red and green
Thank you much Perry King
Why should it not have stripes
There's a few different types
Up and down side to side
Must it be made of pipes

[Chorus:]
We're stuck inside
The Salon of Mobile
We're stuck inside
With the memphis blues again
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