ORLANDO TRIP
06 / 14

Free When You Travel

Lyrics

In houses like eggshells
So white and so naked
He had to sign contracts
He used to shake hands
Behaved like a gentleman
Played the ambassador
In houses like eggshells
In oriental chambers

Exchanged banalities
Forecasted the weather
Ashamed of his job
Stuffy and useless
In houses like eggshells

You should be free
When you travel
Master of your
Cruising level:
Marry a stranger
Commit a crime!
Save a poor devil
Be back in time!

So he turns the tables
In his house like an eggshell
With a feast for the senses
Beyond any description
Gold plates, candelabras
Fountains of sweet wine
Birds in gold-cages
And the host himself:

Such princely manners
So interestingly sad
A lady ´s the reason
That´s what they say
He, again, cannot stay

You should be free
When you travel
Master of your
Cruising level:
Marry a stranger
Commit a crime!
Save a poor devil
Be back in time!

About this song

Orlando finds himself confined by the constraints of societal expectations while yearning for the liberation of travel. The contrast between the stifling duties of an ambassador and the exhilarating freedom almost tears our hero apart…

Credits

Music: Christian Mair
Lyrics: Anna Luca Poloni

Vocals: Anna Luca Poloni
Guitar, bass, keys, programming: Christian Mair

Recorded, mixed & produced by Christian Mair