L'uomo del secolo - Baustelle

All’epoca mia venivi al mondo

E la libertà non esisteva

E la Prima Guerra era finita

Fiume era già stata conquistata

Alle scuole elementari c’era poco da scherzare

Si rideva e si ballava solo per la mietitura

All’epoca mia il telefono non c’era

Mi arruolarono

Era quasi primavera

E le radio ci trasmettevano canti di paura

Da cantare quando è sera

Quindi disertai

Era il '43

Ed eccomi qui: un vegetale

Cento anni non portati male

Lascio il mondo che mi ha maltrattato

Me ne vado, mi sono stufato

Vi ho voluto bene, adesso vado

Sono stato un comunista

Avevo un sogno, una speranza

Arrivederci amore addio

All’epoca mia non usavi il cellulare

Mi arruolarono

Non si stava così male

Ma le radio ci trasmettevano

Canti di paura da cantare quando è sera

Quindi me ne andai.

Era il '43

In my time, you were born into the world

And freedom did not exist

And the First War was over

Fiume had already been conquered

In elementary school there was little to joke about

We laughed and danced only for the harvest

In my time, the telephone was not there

They enlisted me

It was almost spring

And the radios played us songs of fear

To sing when it is evening

So I deserted

It was '43

And here I am: a vegetable

A hundred years not bad

I leave the world that has mistreated me

I'm leaving, I'm bored

I loved you, now I'm going

I have been a communist

I had a dream, a hope

Goodbye love goodbye

At my time, you didn't use your cell phone

They enlisted me

It wasn't that bad

But the radios were broadcasting to us

Songs of fear to sing when it is evening

So I left.

It was '43