Paolo Conte — Vamp song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Vamp" by Paolo Conte.

Lyrics

Miscellaneous
Vamp
Tu col tuo bel sorriso amaro
in primo piano, ma cos'è?
ti carica come un somaro
di oro e smeraldi, un narghilè…
non era America, chissà
non era Africa, chissà
la vecchia via del varietà…
Tu col tuo passo incomparabile
andavi lenta e incomprensibile
come il voto del dirigibile
sopra la folla impressionabile…
non era America, chissà
non era Africa, chissà
la vecchia via del varietà…
Io non capivo niente
guardavo la gente
e la faccia che ha e mi aspettavo di tutto
di bello e di brutto
col caldo che fa…
C’era di tutto in quel sorriso
ma in quella stanza quasi niente,
l' aria di un vecchio paradiso
in un silenzio travolgante…
non era America, chissà
non era Africa, chissà
la vecchia via del varietà…
E i giorni andati sono andati
nel gusto bruto del tamburo
nel fascino di certe stelle
sparate contro il cielo scuro
non era America, chissà
non era Africa, chissà
la vecchia via del varietà…
Io non capivo un tubo
guardavo il lavabo
e la faccia che fa,
e intanto mi consolavo,
bevevo e fumavo
da un' eternità…
Ma era pur sempre il mio mestiere,
accompagnatore di una star
oasi di carovaniere
è come avere e non avere…
non era America, chissà
non era Africa, chissà
la vecchia via del varietà…

Lyrics translation

Miscellaneous
Vamp
You with your beautiful bitter smile
in the foreground, but what is it?
he charges you like a donkey
of gold and emeralds, a hookah…
it wasn't America, who knows?
it wasn't Africa, who knows?
the old way of variety…
You with your incomparable step
you went slow and incomprehensible
as the vote of the airship
above the impressionable crowd…
it wasn't America, who knows?
it wasn't Africa, who knows?
the old way of variety…
I didn't understand anything.
I looked at people
and the face she has and I expected everything
beautiful and ugly
in the heat…
There was everything in that smile
but in that room almost nothing,
the air of an old Paradise
in an overwhelming silence…
it wasn't America, who knows?
it wasn't Africa, who knows?
the old way of variety…
And the Days Gone are gone
in the raw taste of the drum
in the charm of certain stars
shoot against the Dark Sky
it wasn't America, who knows?
it wasn't Africa, who knows?
the old way of variety…
I didn't understand a tube
I was looking at the sink.
and the face that makes,
and in the meantime I consoled myself,
I drank and smoked
from an eternity…
But it was still my job,
escort of a star
caravan Oasis
it's like having and not having…
it wasn't America, who knows?
it wasn't Africa, who knows?
the old way of variety…