Sergio Endrigo — La prima compagnia song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "La prima compagnia" by Sergio Endrigo.

Lyrics

Se c'è chi ha tanto dato e poco ha avuto
Tu non sei certo amica mia
Io questa sera bevo alla salute
Della mia prima compagnia
Voglio parlare dell’amore
Proprio di quello che ho pagato
In questa vita tanto avara
Si paga tutto e ben pesato
Amore facile di un’ora
Dove non giochi la tua vita
C'è un po' di gioia e mai dolore
Chiudi la porta ed è finita
Io sono un uomo e non un santo
A volte mentivo una carezza
Allora era gratuito e non mi vanto
Anch’io cercavo tenerezza
Poi si parlava in confidenza
Di vecchie storie di famiglia
Di cose tristi e di violenza
Di chi dà niente e tutto piglia
Non ho vergogna né rimpianti
Non ho domande né risposte
Ho perso i giorni e sono tanti
Ma li ricordo e tanto basta
La cosa valeva ben la spesa
E la paura e il pentimento
La sera gli altri chiusi in casa
E noi andando contro il vento
Ma quando le incontro per la strada
Mi fanno un poco di tristezza
E penso sempre a dove cade
Il fiore della giovinezza
Se c'è chi ha tanto dato e poco ha avuto
Tu non sei certo amica mia
Io questa sera canto e la saluto
Quella mia prima compagnia

Lyrics translation

If there is one who has given much and had little
You're not my friend.
I drink to health tonight
Of my first company
I want to talk about love
Just what I paid
In this stingy life
You pay everything and well weighed
One hour Easy Love
Where you don't play your life
There is a little joy and never pain
Close the door and it's over
I am a man and not a saint
Sometimes I lied a caress
Then it was free and I do not boast
I too was looking for tenderness
Then we talked in confidence
Of old family stories
Of sad things and violence
Who gives nothing and takes everything
I have no shame or regret
I have no questions or answers
I've lost my days and there are so many
But I remember them and that's enough
It was well worth the expense
And fear and repentance
In the evening the others locked in the House
And we going against the wind
But when I meet them on the street
They make me a little sad
And I always think of where it falls
The flower of youth
If there is one who has given much and had little
You're not my friend.
I sing and greet you tonight
That first company of mine