I remember that years ago
passing by a bar
I hear a juke-box playing
and in a child's dreams
the guitar was a sword
and those who wouldn't believe it were pirates!
And the desire to sing
the desire to fly
maybe, that 's when it started
It might have been madness
but it's the only way
to always say what I want
I will never become
the General Firector
of post or railways
I will never get a carrier
in the evening newspaper
not least because I would end up in jail!
No one will ever give me
their vote to speak
or to decide about their future
in my category,
it's all frivolous people
people you can't trust.
Instead, look at all those great scientists,
physicians, lawyers,
that crowd of ministers and senators!
And think that right now,
while I'm here singing,
they are doing serious business!
For all the doubts and questions
nagging at your brain
go to them and don' t worry,
they're at your service
and always, without hesitation,
they will answer you!
Answers, I have none
I just do rock'n'roll
if it's fine by you, great,
I can only do so much.
The organizers from the Party
sent me another invite
and said this won't end well
if I don't come, too,
to the General Gathering
of the Great National Feast!
They said I can't
simply say no now,
that I owe my success to them, too,
that I am crazy, irresponsible,
I am ungrateful,
subversive, basically a criminal!
But what can you do about it?
You might think I'm not normal,
but it's instinct that allows me to fly
it's no game, no trick,
because the only illusion
regards the reality of reason
but to those in bad faith,
always on a witch hunt,
I say: No, it's nothing serious
and that's how it is, if you think so, 1
but let me vent
don't draw me to a corner
or with all the breath I have in my lungs
I will shout: No fear!
what politics, what culture,
they are just silly songs!
Don't draw me to a corner,
they're j...
they're j...
They are just silly songs!
1. "Ma non è una cosa serial" and "Così è (se vi pare)" are the titles of two comedies by Luigi Pirandello