Fabio Concato — Devi ridere song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Devi ridere" by Fabio Concato.

Lyrics

Se ti accorgi d’esser vecchio
Che hai I capelli color neve
Che ti servono gli occhiali ed un bastone per portarti in giro
Uomo, devi ridere, devi ridere.
E pensa alle cartucce che hai sparato
E non soltanto in quelle guerre
Che han voluto farti fare senza chiederti il permesso
Vecchio, devi ridere, devi ridere,
Devi ridere di te.
E non pensare ai tuoi duecento acciacchi
Che non puoi piegarti, che non puoi bere e fumare piu',
In fondo ad ottant? Anni ci hai tirato
Con I vizi che volevi tu E adesso con l’amaro in bocca dici:
«Non mi riconosco piu'!»
Vecchio fortunato hai compagnia,
Hai un lavoro da sbrigare alle ore che ti pare
Sei impegnato e quindi
Devi ridere, devi ridere, devi ridere.
Bestemmi come un pazzo quando parli di pensione
Quando leggi sul giornale che e' scoppiata l’inflazione
Devi ridere, per non piangere,
Devi ridere di noi.
Se ancora te la prendi cosi a cuore,
Vorra' dire certamente che poi
Tanto vecchio non sei

Lyrics translation

If you realize you're old
That you have snow-colored hair
That you need glasses and a stick to take you around
Man, you gotta laugh, you gotta laugh.
And think about the cartridges you shot
And not only in those wars
That they wanted you to do without asking your permission
Old man, you gotta laugh, you gotta laugh,
You have to laugh at yourself.
And don't think about your two hundred Acorns
That you can't bend over, that you can't drink and smoke anymore.,
At the bottom of eighty? Years you pulled
With the vices you wanted and now with the bitterness in your mouth you say:
"I don't recognize myself anymore!»
Lucky old man you have company,
You have a job to do at any time you want
Are you busy and so
You gotta laugh, you gotta laugh, you gotta laugh.
You curse like a fool when you talk about retirement
When you read in the paper that inflation has broken out
You have to laugh, so as not to cry,
You have to laugh at us.
If you still take this to heart,
It will certainly mean that then
You're not so old.