Eugenio Finardi — Scuola song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Scuola" by Eugenio Finardi.

Lyrics

Ci dicevano, insistevano, di studiare
che da grandi ci sarebbe stato utile sapere
le cose che a scuola andavamo a imparare
che un giorno avremmo dovuto anche lavorare.
E c'èchi èstato promosso, c'èchi èstato bocciato,
chi non ha retto la commedia ed èuscito dal gioco
ma quelli che han studiato e si son laureati
dopo tanti anni adesso sono disoccupati.
Infatti mi ricordo mi sembrava un po' strano
passare quelle ore a studiare latino
perchéallena la mente a metter tutto in prospettiva
ma io adesso non so calcolare l’iva.
Io volevo sapere la vera storia della gente
come si fa a vivere e cosa serve veramente
perchèl'unica cosa che la scuola dovrebbe fare:
èinsegnare a imparare
Io per mia fortuna me ne son sempre fregato
non facevo i compiti, non ho quasi mai studiato.
Ascoltavo dischi, mi tenevo informato.
Cercavo di capire ed adesso me la so cavare.
Perciòva pure a scuola per non far scoppiar casino,
studia matematica ma comprati un violino, impara a lavorare il legno,
ad aggiustar ciòche si rompe, che non si sa mai nella vita
un talento serve sempre.

Lyrics translation

They told us, they insisted, to study
that when we grew up it would have been useful to know
the things we went to learn at school
that one day we should also work.
And there is one who has been promoted, there is one who has been rejected,
who did not stand up to the comedy and came out of the game
but those who have studied and graduated
after so many years now they are unemployed.
In fact I remember it seemed a little strange to me
spending those hours studying Latin
because it trains the mind to put everything in perspective
but I don't know how to calculate VAT now.
I wanted to know the real story of people
how do you live and what you really need
because the only thing the school should do:
it teach to learn
Lucky for me, I always didn't care.
I didn't do my homework.I almost never studied.
I listened to records, kept myself informed.
I was trying to figure it out, and now I can handle it.
So he even went to school so he wouldn't blow up a mess.,
study math but buy yourself a violin, learn to work Wood,
to fix what breaks, which you never know in life
a talent is always needed.