Ferro Solo & The Fernandos
Ferruccio Quercetti - guitar, vocals
Davide Montevecchi - bass
Francesco Salomone - drums
Andrea Rovacchi - keyboards

ALMOST MINE (REPRISE)

YOU AND YOUR NEW LOVER 
you knew you'd get no consequence
'cause when you dumped me
you left me in a trance
I died inside just had to hide
with no compassion
just detachment from your side

if I could only share the pain
for all the love I gave in vain
to someone like you
who knows no shame

I see you’ve found some company
in a brand-new city 
where you must be feeling free
he looks so cool he must be French
so congratulations
on your brand-new romance

but now let me get back to you
with the only words that are coming through
when I think about him
when I think about you

fuck you and your new lover
fuck you and your new lover
fuck you and your brand-new loverman

I used to feel so bad for you
when I did not reply you
I thought that I was cruel
and after all you've done to me
I was the one who cared 
about the way you feel

I hope my message is loud and clear
here's what I think 'bout you my dear
and I'm sorry about what you're gonna hear

fuck you and your new lover
fuck you and your new lover
fuck you and your brand-new loverman

fuck you and your new lover
fuck you and your new lover
fuck you, you…and your friends

Ferruccio Quercetti – vocals, acoustic guitar
Davide Montevecchi – bass, electric guitar
Francesco Salomone – drums
Andrea Rovacchi – percussion
Davide Montevecchi, Ferruccio Quercetti, Gabriele Riccioni – backing vocals

YOU AND YOUR NEW LOVER

RESENTMENT & REGRET
ladies and gentlemen
let me introduce you to my two new best friends
here they come
they're called
resentment and regret

now listen, here's how the story goes

I thought I was smart
before you broke my heart
I thought I was cool
while I was being fooled

resentment and regret 

I gave you all I could give
how can I be so naive
hoping that you would stay
but you just turned me away

resentment and regret 

I got a hard time to make this come to an end 
a bloody hard time to make this come to an end

I thought you could be the one
you only wanted some fun
I must have bored you so fast
now I'm the lonesome outcast

resentment and regret

I've never had anyone
my whole body was numb
how fast I sold my soul
I guess I've lost control

resentment and regret

I’ve got a hard time to make this come to an end
a bloody hard time to make this come to an end

when I spy you on line
when I think about time
when you talk of your man
and you don't understand
when I walk down the street
and I'm dragging my feet
when I'm driving my car
and I'm supposed to go far
when I meet your friends
and the pain never ends
when I met your old man
from your life I was banned
when I lie on my bed
and I wish I was dead
when I stumble to work
can see your name on the door
when they talk about you
I wish they all knew

I’ve got a hard time to make this come to an end 
a bloody hard time to make this come to an end

Ferruccio Quercetti – vocals, electric guitar
Sergio Carlini – electric guitar
Davide Montevecchi – bass
Francesco Salomone – drums
Andrea Rovacchi – percussion

RESENTMENT AND REGRET

THAT TIME OF THE YEAR
here comes that time of the year
your birthday's coming 
it is almost here
and I don't know just what you'll do
but I guess that I won't be calling you
I know you think I act like a freak
but I don't even know what language you speak

and baby don't you know it's been a while
since the last time I saw you smile
in my empty house where we used to meet 
on the ragged old couch where you'd rest your feet
oh, wasn't it sweet

so I guess I'll take a walk down by the park
I'll stay in there 'til it gets dark
remember the last time you where there with me
I can still see you there by the mulberry tree 
laughing at me

so I'll get me a fancy dinner and a glass of wine
sit down and reminisce about those times
when I used to cook and play some music for you
all the nice things that you'd do
to see me through

here comes that time of the year
it's your birthday again but you're not here
you'll spend it somewhere with someone of your choice
he's the one who's blessed with the sound of your voice

and baby don't you know it's been a while
since the last time I looked into your eyes
you gave me everything I needed most
you gave it to me at such a cost
now it's all been lost

you gave me everything I needed bad
it's been the only time that I have been glad
to be among the living
'cause now
I belong to the dead

Ferruccio Quercetti – vocals, acoustic guitar
Sergio Carlini – electric guitar
Riccardo Frabetti – mandolin, harmonium 
Davide Montevecchi - bass
Ulisse Tramalloni – drums

THAT TIME OF THE YEAR

FREE TO LOVE
in another city
in another town
with no one like me to bring her down
she's now free to love 
someone else
free to love
someone else

hey mister I know she's with you now
you earned her trust can you show me how?
'cause I had it here and I let her go
I was just too proud to even know
she could be free to love
someone else
free to love
someone else

and even though times may be hard now
she won't look back
she won’t turn around

she’s now free to love 
someone else
free to love 
someone else

in another city 
in another town

Ferruccio Quercetti – vocals
Simone Romei – acoustic guitar

FREE TO LOVE

THE TIME WE'VE NEVER HAD
she was looking for something simple
something I always did provide
but in my lifetime of seclusion 
I've learned to run and hide

she was not looking for information
she can get that anytime 
she was just looking for some kind of notion
I knew I had but it took me a while

In a world of empty confusion
where everyone's talking all the time
she wants to see through the shallow delusions 
through the emptiness of this life

she always loved a metaphor
a firm rock on a stormy shore
but I guess I did not pass the test
she must have thought I was just like the rest

I wish I had the time we've never had 
and some confidence in myself
and maybe she wouldn't have gone looking for someone else

I kept lying about myself 
faking experiences I never had
I was so scared she would just run away
from all my loneliness and all my pain

now she's with someone who's not as lonely as me
and I'm a fool 'cause I could not see
I did not need to lie and deceit
what she wants I've always had in me

now he gets the time I've never had
and the confidence in himself
and now she won't be looking for someone else

and now they get the time we’ve never had 
and the confidence in themselves
I know they won't go looking for someone else
I know they won't go looking for someone else
and I know she won't be looking for someone else

Ferruccio Quercetti – vocals, acoustic guitar
Riccardo Frabetti – 12 and 6 string electric guitar, bass, drums, percussion
Andrea Rovacchi – organ

THE TIME WE'VE NEVER HAD

'Custom Made to Hurt Me' is a double-edged rock and roll eulogy to Fernando's love interest and a desperate admission of weakness by our flawed our anti-hero. Just like everything else in Fernando's world, it's bittersweet and sometimes funny because that's exactly how life is. Please check out Ferro Solo's best/worse Elvis/Gene Vincent/Carl Perkins impersonation.

From Fernando's Xmas Special, released December 19, 2020 
Ferro Solo: vocals 
Luca Giovanardi: guitars, piano 
Moreno Ferrari: upright double bass 
Ulisse Tramalloni: drums, finger snaps 
Andrea Rovacchi: finger snaps 

Written by Ferruccio Quercetti AKA Ferro Solo. Arranged by Ferruccio Quercetti, Luca Giovanardi and Andrea Rovacchi. Recorded and mixed by Andrea Rovacchi at Bunker Studio, Rubiera (RE), Italy.
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Custom Made To Hurt Me

'Irresistible' is just a little rock and roll love fantasy by Fernando. Like some other songs from Almost Mine 1 & 2, I've demoed this one with just a vocal melody and handclaps. We've decided to keep this sparse and rootsy vibe for the studio version too, which is entirely acoustic. The first few seconds are taken directly from my demo which I had recorded with my phone in the sadness of my lonely room. It's weirdly joyous though: this is the sound of Fernando in love, before everything fell apart and the long 'Demise' kicked in.

From Fernando's Xmas Special
Ferro Solo (aka Ferruccio Quercetti) - vocals, handclaps
Luca Giovanardi - guitars, backing vocals, handclaps
Riccardo Frabetti - harmonica
Andrea Rovacchi - percussion