This is the story of a boy from a suburban street, and well, maybe in the end he is a little like the boy from via Gluck1, although his problems are entirely different...
He was a boy like many others
he worked, he made ends meet,
and he would humbly wait
for his wage at the end of the month
Providing for his mother, in a two-room flat
second-hand furniture bought in installments,
in a fairly shabby building,
shared washrooms, with rent control
But that apartment, but that apartment
is no longer there
but that apartment, but that apartment
they tore it down
After his mother's death, living alone
he's mind is on the wedding, on his fiancée
who is already taking care of her bridal dress
and of the household linens
for that apartment, with rent control
3000 Lire a month, expenses included,
he would look at it with delight
and breathe in the smell of concrete
But that apartment, but that apartment
is no longer there
but that apartment, but that apartment
they tore it down
Everything's ready: the wedding banns,
the ceremony, the best men,
when suddenly an abstruse guy appears,
moustache, beard, and an eviction notice in his hand
and that fairly shabby building
must be demolished to make room for a public lawn
Our friend loses his home
because of a "Green Plan"'s law
But that apartment, but that apartment
is no longer there
but that apartment, but that apartment
they tore it down
Having lost his apartment, with rent control,
his fiancée broke up with him
Love is a beautiful thing, but is' not all,
and to get married you need a roof on your head
Now that lown is frequented
by a few dogs and a few young couples
and he nostalgically thinks back
to the apartment he loved so much
But that apartment, but that apartment
is no longer there
but that apartment, but that apartment
they tore it down
It's about time we stop tearing down condos to make lawns, what do we need lawns for? Look at this guy, he was about to marry, they tore down his home, of course, now he can't get married. This is madness. I don't get why don't they tear down those high-rises downtown, now they are the bad ones, not the suburban condos, look at that, the usual problems that never make sense....
1. reference to Celentano's famous song against urbanization: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/il-ragazzo-della-gluck-boy-gluck-boy-gluc...