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This tune was written in late 2019 in Salvador de Bahia with strange lyrics about how bad a year can turn out (pre-Corona). I didn't want to have such gloomy lyrics, so I threw the words away and wrote less sinister lines along the way. It turned out that Buenos Aires was the one place to finish the song. It features Guillermo Gamiz on bandoneon and bass and it is the opener of my album «LIEDHABER». Fernet mixed with cola ("fernet goggi") helped a lot fine tuning the song - as did sushi in the studio.

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Buenos Aires (text/music: gregor luzius)

es git so stedt
wo eifach nume musig sind
und es git so stedt wo
sogar no meh musig sind
und i dene stedt wo
am allermeiste musig sind
schlaft es lied
im hinterletschte lärm

buenos aires nachted
langsam ii
liechtsignal wird rot
wird grüen
en doppeldeckerbus
brummt verbi
tranquillo para ti
tranquillo para mi
jetzt ganz churz chile
dänn wiiter tacuari
a de civica verbi
no es paar schrittli
bis zum zebrastreife
fernet goggi am
eggli i de bar

judihui-ui-ui. judihui.
judihui-ui-ui. judihui.

am rio plata
gaht goldig d sunne uf
es lied staht am strasserand
i de u-bahn chunnt
es chind uf d wält
im microcentro lit’s
am strasserand
gfühl tanzed tango
mit vier lingge füess
e giti brüelt
us luuter freud
e fähri fahrt
nach uruguay
klimaalage schiffed
uf d strass

es git so stedt
wo eifach nume musig sind
und es git so stedt wo
sogar no meh musig sind
und i dene stedt wo
am allermeiste musig sind
schlaft es lied
im hinterletschte lärm

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from Buenos Aires​/​Bibibibittesehr, released December 18, 2020
Lyrics + music: Gregor Luzius
Piano, guitar, voice: Gregor Luzius
Bass, bandoneon: Guillermo Gamiz
Arrangement: Gregor Luzius + Guillermo Gamiz

Recorded at Estudio Gamiz, Buenos Aires, March 2020.
Editing, mix + master: Guillermo Gamiz.

First published on «LIEDHABER», April 2020.

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Gregor Luzius Basel, Switzerland

Gregor Luzius ist Liedermacher und Literat in Basel.

Gregor Luzius is singer-songwriter and author in Basel.

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