Bandito senza tempo

Gang

Originale Version française – BANDIT SA... Traduzione -grossomodo- in inglese. Versione spagnola di Stracci	Traduzione inglese di Lorenzo Masetti
OUTLAW OUT OF TIME	A TIMELESS OUTLAW
Once he was a outlaw	Once he was an outlaw,
outlaw out of time	a timeless outlaw.
he killed a president	He killed a president,
and wounded one hundred more	and a hundred more were wounded.
Maybe it was in his twenties	Maybe he was twenty,
or maybe two less	or perhaps two years younger,
he was with Gaetano Bresci	he was with Gaetano Bresci
on a ship over the Tyrrhenian sea	along the Tyrrhenian Sea.
They played three and seven*	They played three and seven,
three and seven with the dead	three and seven with the ghost.
the third was a officer	The third one was a cop,
the fourth a breathless king	the fourth one a king, and his breath was short.
Once he was on Milan	Once he found himself in Milan,
where they go to work	where people go to work,
there were as many gangs	there were as many gangs,
as banks to rob	as many banks to rob.
Maybe it was by chance	Maybe it was by chance
that with Pietro Cavallero	that with Pietro Cavallero,
he made an appearance	he made an appearance
in a black and white movie	in a black and white movie.
They gave him rifles	They handed him rifles
and third hand guns	and third-hand guns,
a fake passport	and a fake passport,
to run far away	to run away far from there.
Once for fear	Once upon a time for fear,
or maybe for courage	or maybe for bravery,
he turned himself in	he was captured
on the assembly line	on the assembly line.
At the time who recalls	Who remembers that time
the state was sick in the heart	when the State suffered a heartache,
so to Renato Curcio	he borrowed from Renato Curcio
it asked to borrow new words	some brand new words.
With those he went to the assault	With those words he set off
of new windmills	to attack new windmills,
he also met a smile	and he even found a smile
on the road that leads to Trento	along the road to Trento.
Once this time	In these last days,
with a somewhat special gun	he uses a rather special gun,
a Magnum les Paul	a Magnum Les Paul,
He shots songs that hurt	that shots hurting songs.
Now he has got a new gang	Now he has a new band,
and a red and black hanky	and a black and red scarf,
when he starts "I Fought the Law"	when he starts “I Fought the Law,”
the world blows up	he blows up the whole world.
But once he was a outlaw	But once he was an outlaw,
a outlaw out of time	a timeless outlaw.
he came with the rain	He came with the rain,
and he left with the wind	and he went with the wind.
* Card game