Ευσεβείς Πόθοι | Euseveis Pothoi (Wishful Thinking)

from Xenitemena Tragoudia | Ξενιτεμένα Τραγούδια by Yannis Fyssas | Γιάννης Φύσσας

	/

Buy the Full Digital Album
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Your order comes from the record plant direct and will be delivered to your address.
Comes in an eco friendly jacket. Lyrics /credits and a PDF digital booklet can be downloaded from bandcamp.

Includes unlimited streaming of Xenitemena Tragoudia | Ξενιτεμένα Τραγούδια via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 8 days

Purchasable with gift card

$15.99 USD or more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
12" Vinyl, limited quantities.

Your order comes from the record manufacturer direct and will be delivered to your address. Comes in standard stock glossy cardboard, and paper sleeve.Your order comes from the record plant direct and will be delivered to your address. Lyrics /credits and a PDF digital booklet can be downloaded from bandcamp.

Please note due to the pysical imitations of vinyl, only the first 10 songs are included.

Includes unlimited streaming of Xenitemena Tragoudia | Ξενιτεμένα Τραγούδια via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 6 days

edition of 1

Purchasable with gift card

$38.99 USD or more
limited Edition 12" Picture Vinyl
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
12" Picture Vinyl, limited quantities.

Your order comes from the record manufacturer direct and will be delivered to your address. Comes in standard stock glossy cardboard, and paper sleeve. Lyrics /credits and a PDF digital booklet can be downloaded from bandcamp.

Please note due to time limitation of vinyl, only the first 10 songs are included.

Includes unlimited streaming of Xenitemena Tragoudia | Ξενιτεμένα Τραγούδια via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Sold Out

about

Watch all the official lyric videos: bit.ly/XenitemenaTragoudia-YouTube

lyrics

ΕΥΣΕΒΕΙΣ ΠΟΘΟΙ / Euseveis Pothoi (Wishful Thinking)
Music & Lyrics*: Yannis Fyssas
*Greek Lyrics based on poems written by Dimitris Fyssas

Natty Aunties, my rhymes don't tread
On partisan paths where votes are spread
Nor for those esteemed and well-to-do
Who resonate with the right's point of view.

I don't care for righteous aunts with buns tied neat
Or posh school kids, where wealth and privilege meet
Nor for the foremen working for KKE*2
Captains camouflaged amid the laboring sea.

I’d prefer to reach the discerning few
Daring minds and knowledge they must pursue
Eloping spirits their new paths unfold
Cadets skipping duties, embracing the bold.

I write for those who go against the grain
Forever unyielding, in defiance they remain
Those who cherish the B&W movie trend
And read Karyotakis, till the night's end.

I write for women harvesting verdant fields
For kids without computers, where resilience wields
Those wrongfully locked up, but still believe
For Floyd who whispered "I can't breathe".

I don't pen my rhymes for the privileged few.
*2 KKE - the Communist Party of Greece

Ευσεβείς Πόθοι

Δε γράφω τα στιχάκια μου για θείτσες
Που ψηφίζουνε Αντρέα και Δεξιά
Ούτε για ευυπόληπτους πολίτες
Που τη βρίσκουν με Αντώνη Σαμαρά.

Δε με νοιάζουν οι θεούσες με τους κότσους
Tων καλών σχολείων τα παιδιά
Ούτε και του Κουκουέ οι οικοδόμοι
Εργολάβοι που δηλώνουν εργατιά.

Θα ΄θελα να με νιώσουν οι ψαγμένοι
Φοιτητές που δε φοιτούν πουθενά
Φευγάτοι που την κάνουν απ΄ το σπίτι
Οι σμηνίτες που κλωτσάν στη σκοπιά.

Γράφω γιά όσους κολυμπάν κόντρα στο ρεύμα
Για πάντα κι αυστηρά, ξεχωριστοί
Που σίγουρα γουστάρουν τις ασπρόμαυρες ταινίες
Και διαβάζουν Καρυωτάκη ώς το πρωί.

Γράφω για κορίτσια που δουλεύουν στα χωράφια
Για παιδιά δίχως υπολογιστή
Όσους πάνε φυλακή για μια ιδέα
Για τον Φλόιντ, που πια δεν εχει αναπνοή.

Δε γράφω τα στιχάκια μου για θείτσες.

credits

from Xenitemena Tragoudia | Ξενιτεμένα Τραγούδια, released August 8, 2023
Dimitris Fyssas www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555333442409
Jonathan Lewis (Mexico): Violin, Viola, String Arrangement www.facebook.com/moxamstudios
Kostas Gedikis (Greece): Tzouras www.youtube.com/@kostasgedikis4833/
Paris Zikos(Greece) recording engineer for Tzouras at Zk RecordingStudio in Volos www.facebook.com/zkrecordings
Kostaki Roumeliotis (Canada): Drums, Hand Percussion. www.facebook.com/kostakithegreek
Yannis Fyssas: Acoustic/Electric/Classical Guitars, Bass, Baglama, Tzouras, Piano, Hand Percussion, Synths, Vocals, Arrangement, Recording, Mixing & Mastering.

Mixed and Mastered at HybridSoundworks Inc, Vancouver Canada.
(C) (P) 2023 SOCAN | Published by hybridsoundworks.com

license

about

Yannis Fyssas Vancouver, British Columbia

Ξενιτεμένα Τραγούδια #ModernGreekFolk translates to “Expatriated Songs”, but a more accurate phrase might be, “Songs That Left the Homeland”. The album captures the sentiment of love and longing shared by more than 7 million Greeks living abroad. A blend of Western / Greek instruments and arrangements that push the boundaries of Contemporary Folk, Greek Western Music. ... more