Gene Pitney - Town without pity

HOW CAN WE KEEP LOVE ALIVE?

Recordamos el aniversario natal del desaparecido cantante estadounidense Gene Pitney con Town without pity, composición de Dimitri Tiomkin (música) y Ned Washington (letra) para la película del mismo título que dirigió Gottfried Reinhardt y fue estrenada en 1961. Sus autores ganaron el Globo de Oro a la mejor canción (además de una nominación al Oscar) y Pitney logró con ella su primer hit importante.

Town without pity  (lyrics)

When you're young and so in love as we
And bewildered by the world we see
Why do people hurt us so?
Only those in love would know
What a town without pity can do
If we stop to gaze upon a star
People talk about how bad we are
Ours is not an easy age
We're like tigers in a cage
What a town without pity can do
The young have problems, many problems
We need an understanding heart
Why don't they help us, try to help us
Before this clay and granite planet falls apart
Take these eager lips and hold me fast
I'm afraid this kind of joy can't last
How can we keep love alive
How can anything survive
When these little minds tear you in two?
What a town without pity can do

How can we keep love alive
How can anything survive
When these little minds tear you in two?
What a town without pity can do
No, it isn't very pretty what a town without pity can do