Lucio Petroccione, Composer
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      • the yellow taxi
      • yesterday
      • pink sweater
      • brown meadows
      • snowing in new york
      • thirty years
      • some dogs for me
      • the table
      • disturb
      • travel too
      • every every
      • god
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      • unusual
      • the night before
      • the passing
      • soaring
      • as one
      • hundred times
      • Us
      • a poem
      • fallen
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      • the hill
      • the bridge
      • wistful words
      • lay witness
      • family
      • how far can i run
      • with you
      • twenty minutes to the bridge
      • a wine glass of you
      • drowning into you
      • broken
      • still more
      • waiting for you
      • winter calls
      • rainstorm
      • your road
      • rooftops
      • on her way home
      • wait
      • i have you
      • turbulence
      • white
      • orange sky
      • passes
      • and
      • and i miss you
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the yellow taxi

hail me a cab
to go he exclaimed
far far a way
the yellow cab rode
he settled at dusk 
with suitcase in hand
away away
a room will i need
the road was still wet
as he walked in the door
to rest i must be
for one day
i will stay
please...
the key
the room was quite nice
pillows and tv
the shower was hot
every towel at hand
each glass clean and wrapped
he slipped into bed
turned off the room light
a dream i will see
tonight it will be
the door banged out loud
its me come and see
he ran on the floor
opened and saw 
you found me you did
i can never be here
they hugged and they kissed
each cheek on their face
each tear wiped away
as the night rain 
changed shape
the red ball did rise
as they folded their clothes
its me that you see
who banged on the door
i followed you here
to share and to hold 
stay here a while
be by my side
no i must go
have to go far away
hail me a cab 
to go far away
wake up she exclaimed
its half past three
pass me the blanket
and go back to sleep


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  • Orchestral Works
    • Yellow Winter Orange Sky
    • Stealing Pieces of Time
    • When Whales Walked
    • House by the Sea
    • Blackbirds
    • Kerry's Field
    • Four Panels
    • A Winter's Tale
    • Autumn
    • Kill Devil Hill
    • Sermon on the Mount
  • Chamber Works
    • Ocean Sketches >
      • A Year of Storms
      • Baylight
      • Coming Home
      • Day Break
      • Evening Run
      • Heading Out
      • Night Fog
      • Spring Tide
      • Storm at 5 Mile
      • Storms Edge
      • Morning Run
    • You and I
    • The Swan
    • The Summer House
    • Two Sketches
    • Blue Fields
    • Of Younger Days
    • Two Movements for Voice
    • Poesia
    • Red Rhapsody
    • Standing Still
    • Holding Up Half the Sky
    • Jagged Memories
    • Children's Lullaby
    • The Snowman and the Bridge
    • An Awkward Man
  • Soundscapes
    • Heartbeat
    • driving home...
    • away from home
    • incredible day
    • without you...
    • gehrig st
    • ice storm
    • touching fire
    • flying
    • every moment
    • breathe me
    • fragments
    • tear my soul...
    • distorted memory
    • sweet agony
    • beautiful Girl
    • starlight
    • moody ways
    • believe me
    • house
    • stonington lane
    • sunday afternoon
    • Like the Rain
  • Basement
    • Words >
      • the yellow taxi
      • yesterday
      • pink sweater
      • brown meadows
      • snowing in new york
      • thirty years
      • some dogs for me
      • the table
      • disturb
      • travel too
      • every every
      • god
      • home
      • unusual
      • the night before
      • the passing
      • soaring
      • as one
      • hundred times
      • Us
      • a poem
      • fallen
      • dance as she sings
      • tender and sweet
      • the hill
      • the bridge
      • wistful words
      • lay witness
      • family
      • how far can i run
      • with you
      • twenty minutes to the bridge
      • a wine glass of you
      • drowning into you
      • broken
      • still more
      • waiting for you
      • winter calls
      • rainstorm
      • your road
      • rooftops
      • on her way home
      • wait
      • i have you
      • turbulence
      • white
      • orange sky
      • passes
      • and
      • and i miss you
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  • Contact Lucio