L'originale
era un brano di P.F.Sloan per i Grassroots, di cui era anche produttore. In questo caso
era anche lui stesso al canto, pubblicato sia come lato A, prima del
grande successo del gruppo californiano Live For Today (Piangi con me),
sia come lato B del singolo successivo al brano ripreso dai Rokes,
Things I Should Have Said, che raggiunse il #23 nella Top100 USA. Buona la interpretazione dei Bertas
per il lato B del loro primo ottimo successo Fatalità, nello stesso anno
1967,
anche se più "pop" dell'originale, e testo italiano per una volta
fedele, almeno nell'impianto generale (la confessione del tradimento
nell'originale era rimasta "sulla punta della lingua").
Grassroots - Tip Of My Tongue
Are buzzing
'round my head
So many words
Are still waiting to be said
I keep a-trying to tell you Im sorry
I keep a-trying but my mouth gets numb
I keep a-trying to tell you Im sorry
Its on the tip of my tongue
Its on the tip
of my tongue baby
Its on the tip of my tongue
Its on the tip of my tongue
But the words they don't come
Each time you
see me
You must be thinking here comes a bad sceen
But if you could just be me
Then you'd know what I mean
When I keep trying to tell you Im sorry
When I keep hoping its not over and done
When I keep trying to tell you Im sorry
Its on the tip of my tongue
Its on the tip
of my tongue baby
Its on the tip of my
Its on the tip of my tongue
But the words they don't come
What is it you
want me to do
Do I have to come out and spell it for you
It might hurt you too, going on this way
Wanting to hear words that I just cant say
Its on the tip
of my tongue baby
Its on the tip of my
Its on the tip of my tongue
But the words they don't come
Its on the tip
of my tongue
Its on the tip of my tongue
Its on the tip of my tongue