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Goodnight Saigon

Billy Joel
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OriginalVersione italiana di Riccardo Venturi
GOODNIGHT SAIGONBUONANOTTE SAIGON
  
We met as soul matesCome anime gemelle
On Parris Islandci siamo incontrati
We left as inmatesa Parris Island
From an asylumci lasciammo da internati
And we were sharpin un manicomio
As sharp as knivesed eravamo acuti,
And we were so gung hoacuti come coltelli
To lay down our liveseravamo cosi' entusiasti
We came in spasticdi sacrificare le nostre vite
Like tameless horsessiamo arrivati irrefrenabili
We left in plasticcome cavalli indomabili
As numbered corpsessiamo ripartiti avvolti di plastica,
And we learned fastdelle salme numerate.
To travel lightE abbiamo imparato alla svelta
Our arms were heavya portarci poca roba dietro
But our bellies were tightle armi erano pesanti
We had no home frontma avevamo la pancia vuota
We had no soft soapnessun fronte interno
They sent us Playboyniente sapone soffice
They gave us Bob Hopeci mandavano Playboy
We dug in deepci davano Bob Hope
And shot on sightscavavamo profondo
And prayed to Jesus Christe sparavamo a vista
With all our mightpregavamo Gesù Cristo
We had no camerascon tutte le nostre forze
To shoot the landscapenon avevamo macchine
We passed the hash pipeper fotografare il paesaggio
And played our Doors tapesci passavamo il cilum
And it was darkmettevamo su i nastri dei Doors
So dark at nighted era buio
And we held on to each othercosi' buio la notte
Like brother to brotherci stringevamo l'uno all'altro
We promised our mothers we'd writecome dei fratelli
And we would all go down togetherpromettevamo alle mamme di scrivere
We said we'd all go down togethere volevamo tutti crepare insieme
Remember Charliedicevamo tutti che saremmo crepati insieme
Remember Bakerricordi Charlie
They left their childhoodricordi Baker
On every acrehanno lasciato la loro infanzia
And who was wrong?su ogni metro di terra
And who was right?e chi aveva torto?
It didn't matter in the thick of the fighte chi aveva ragione?
We held the dayNon importava quanto la mischia era fitta
In the palmdi giorno li tenevamo
Of our handtutti in mano
They ruled the nightma di notte comandavano loro
And the nighte la notte
Seemed to last as long as six weeksci sembrava lunga più d'un mese
On Parris IslandA Parris Island
We held the coastlinetenevamo la fascia costiera
They held the highlandsloro tenevano le alture
And they were sharped erano acuti
As sharp as knivesacuti come coltelli
They heard the hum of our motorssentivano il rumore dei nostri motori
They counted the rotorscontavano le pale degli elicotteri
And waited for us to arriveed aspettavano che arrivassimo
And we would all go down togethere volevamo tutti crepare insieme
We said we'd all go down togetherdicevamo tutti che saremmo crepati insieme
Yes we would all go down together.si' volevamo tutti crepare insieme.


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