Carlo Fava — Cofani E Portiere song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Cofani E Portiere" by Carlo Fava.
Lyrics
Paolo Conte faciva l’avvocato,
Genio Montale faciva o manovale
A tempo perso scriveva poesie,
Genio Montale non le scriveva male
Emiglio Gadda faciva l’ingegnere,
Jean Paul Sartre faciva ‘o cameriere
Scott Fitzgerald faciva ‘o carrozziere,
Ti riparava cofani e portiere
Carlo Marx faciva ‘o pensatore,
Invece Engels faciva ‘o muratore
Si son trovati una mattina presto,
Com'è come non è t' hanno scritto o Manifesto
Pablo Picasso vendeva le cornici,
E se insistevi ti dava le vernici
Se salutavi togliendoti il cappello,
Pablo Picasso ti dava anche o pennello
Giuseppe Verdi facinn' a passeggiata,
S'è scivolato e t’ha fatto la Traviata
Giosué Carducci faciva l’insegnante,
com'è come non è a me non fanno fare niente
vissi d’arte vissi d’amore
Non colsi le mie rose non colsi nessun fiore
Garcia Marquéz faciva ‘o pescatore
E stava in mezzo o mare tutte l’ore
E stava all’ombra per limitare i danni
Ma pe' catta' nu pisce c’ha messo cento anni
Pirandello faciva ‘o panettiere
E sistemava tutti i suoi panini in fila
Se gli chiedevi un filone solo
Ti rispondeva: «o nessuno o centomila»
Robert De Niro aveva donne belle
Al Pacino aveva donne brutte
Dustin Hoffman non ne aveva proprio
Passava Ugo Tognazzi che se le faceva tutte
Giorgio Armani faceva il vetrinista
La Montalcini faceva la rivista
Bruno Vespa faceva la cubista
Com'è come non è l’hanno fatto giornalista
vissi d’arte vissi d’amore
Non colsi le mie rose non colsi nessun fiore
Lyrics translation
Paolo Conte faciva the lawyer,
Genio Montale faciva o manovale
In his spare time he wrote poems,
Genio Montale did not write her wrong
Emiglio Gadda faciva the engineer,
Jean Paul Sartre doing a waiter
Scott Fitzgerald was a coachman.,
He fixed you hoods and doormen.
Carlo Marx faciva ' O thinker,
Instead Engels faciva ' O bricklayer
They found themselves early in the morning,
As it is as it is NOT t ' have written or Manifesto
Pablo Picasso sold the frames,
And if you insisted, he'd give you paint.
If you waved off your hat,
Pablo Picasso also gave you or brush
Giuseppe Verdi facinn ' a promenade,
He slipped and made a fool of you
Joshua Carducci faciva the teacher,
as it is as it is not to me they do nothing
lives of art lives of love
I didn't pick my roses I didn't pick any flowers
Garcia Marquez faciva ' O pescatore
And he was in the middle of the sea all the hours
And stood in the shade to limit the damage
But it took a hundred years for catta NU pisce.
Pirandello faciva ' O Baker
And put all his sandwiches in a row
If you asked him for a single strand
He said to you, "either none or a hundred thousand»
Robert De Niro had beautiful women
Al Pacino had ugly women
Dustin Hoffman didn't have any.
Ugo Tognazzi passed by who did all of them
Giorgio Armani was a shop window designer
Montalcini used to do the magazine
Bruno Vespa was a Cubist
As it is as it is not they did journalist
lives of art lives of love
I didn't pick my roses I didn't pick any flowers