Brunori Sas — Italian Dandy song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Italian Dandy" by Brunori Sas.
Lyrics
Mia madre sfogliava Novella 2000
Ed io ai suoi piedi leggevo Prevert
Avevo dieci anni ma pensavo già alle donne
E chiuso nel mio bagno amavo Edwige Fenech
A scuola i ragazzi giocavano a calcio
Ed io sul muretto citavo Verlaine
Avevo 16 anni e pensavo solo al sesso
Poi vidi le sue labbra e me ne innamorai
Le scrissi più o meno duecento poesie
La prima diceva così:
Amami come se fossimo ancora
In quel bar di Berlino a fumare Pall Mall
Amami come quella volta all’Esselunga
Quando in preda alla fame rubammo una baguette
Mio padre voleva che facessi il ragioniere
Ma io impertinente risposi: «Giammai!»
Avevo vent’anni e coi miei capelli lunghi
A guisa di dandy bevevo cognac
Avevo già scritto tremila poesie
La prima diceva così:
Amami come se fossimo ancora
In quel bar di Berlino a fumare Pall Mall
Amami come quella sera a Marsiglia
Quando in preda al barbera mangiammo escargot
A giugno mi chiese di amarla per sempre
Ma io impenitente risposi di no
Avevo trent’anni e vivevo da bohemien
Lei disse sottovoce: «Vedrai, te ne pentirai…»
Amami come se fossimo ancora
Fra calde lenzuola nel letto dei tuoi
Lyrics translation
My mother was browsing Novella 2000
And I read Prevert at his feet
I was ten years old, but I was already thinking about women.
And locked in my bathroom I loved Edwige Fenech
At school the boys played football
And I was quoting Verlaine on the wall
I was 16 years old and all I could think about was sex.
Then I saw his lips and I fell in love with them
I wrote about two hundred poems to her.
The first one said so:
Love me like we're still
In that Berlin bar smoking Pall Mall
Love me like that time at Esselunga
When we were starving, we stole a baguette.
My dad wanted me to be an accountant.
But I answered impertinently: "never!»
I was twenty years old and with my long hair
As a dandy I drank cognac
I had already written three thousand poems
The first one said so:
Love me like we're still
In that Berlin bar smoking Pall Mall
Love me like that night in Marseille
When we ate escargot in barbera
In June she asked me to love her forever
But I unrepentant replied no
I was thirty years old and I lived as a bohemian
She said quietly: "You will see, you will regret it…»
Love me like we're still
Between warm sheets in your bed