"The Road to Hell" 1989 <br /><br />Christopher Anton Rea, né le 4 mars 1951 à Middlesbrough, est un auteur-compositeur anglais à succès. Son plus grand succès date de 1989 avec l'album The Road to Hell. Son père, Hugh Rea, était glacier dans la proche banlieue de Middlesbrough, à Guisborough. Dans cette banlieue, "Aller chez Rea's" (prononcer "Rias") signifiait aller manger une glace. <br /><br />Christopher Anton Rea (born 4 March 1951) is a singer-songwriter from Middlesbrough, England, instantly recognisable for his distinctive, raspy voice. Rea has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. <br /><br />~~~~ <br /><br />Well I'm standing by a river <br />But the water doesn't flow <br />It boils with every poison you can think of <br />And I'm underneath the streetlight <br />But the light of joy I know <br />Scared beyond belief way down in the shadows <br />And the perverted fear of violence <br />Chokes the smile on every face <br />And common sense is ringing out the bell <br />This ain't no technological breakdown <br />Oh no, this is the road to hell <br /><br />And all the roads jam up with credit <br />And there's nothing you can do <br />It's all just bits of paper flying away from you <br />Oh look out world, take a good look <br />What comes down here <br />You must learn this lesson fast and learn it well <br />This ain't no upwardly mobile freeway <br />Oh no, this is the road <br />Said this is the road <br />This is the road to hell
