Il gigante - I RIO, Fiorella Mannoia

Per la mancanza d’affetto e d’amore

Un giorno il mondo ebbe un malore

E poiché si sentiva cadere

Un bimbo piccino lo volle tenere

Aprì le braccia più che poteva

Però non riusciva a tenerne un granchè

A lui si unì un altro bambino

Ma non ne tennero che un pezzettino

Poi vennero altri a 10, a 20

E unirono mani e continenti

Bambini pallidi, giallini, mori

In un girotondo di tanti colori

Ed un abbraccio grande e rotondo

Teneva in piedi l’intero mondo]

Passa il gigante calpesta l’erba

Di tutto il mondo

Passa il gigante sulle città

Si porta via lo sfondo

Passa il gigante soffoca l’aria

All’acqua cambia colore

E ci rimane un cielo bucato

Sopra a un mare da buttare

Finché il sole cerca la luna

L’uva diventa matura

L’erba profuma tagliata

Incrociamo le dita

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DI CHE PIANETA SEI

QUESTO HA BISOGNO D’AMORE

Passa il gigante graffia le stelle

Morde i pianeti

Passa il gigante che anche lassu'

Butta i suoi rifiuti

Passa il gigante sporca di nero

Tutto quello che tocca

Cresce il gigante nell’indifferenza

Di chi non apre bocca

Finché il sole cerca la luna

L’uva diventa matura

L’erba profuma tagliata

Incrociamo le dita

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DI CHE PIANETA SEI

QUESTO HA BISOGNO D’AMORE

Gira la terra gira

Gira tutto gira

Eppure il vento soffia ancora

Gira la vita gira

Gira l’amore gira

Eppure il vento soffia ancora

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QUESTO HA BISOGNO D’AMORE

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NON TI CHIEDI MAI

SE C’E' UN POSTO MIGLIORE

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QUESTO HA BISOGNO D’AMORE

For the lack of affection and love

One day the world fell ill

And because he felt himself falling

A small child wanted to keep it

He spread his arms as wide as he could

But he couldn't keep much of it

Another child joined him

But they kept only a small piece

Then others came at 10, at 20

And they united hands and continents

Pale, yellowish, dark children

In a circle of many colors

And a big, round hug

He kept the whole world on its feet]

The giant passes by tramples the grass

Of all the world

The giant passes over the cities

It takes away the background

The giant passes by suffocating the air

The water changes color

And we are left with a hole in the sky

Above a sea to be thrown away

As long as the sun looks for the moon

The grapes become ripe

The grass smells like cut

Fingers crossed

HOW ARE YOU

WHICH WORLD DO YOU WANT

I WANT A BETTER PLACE

WHERE ARE YOU

WHAT PLANET ARE YOU OF

THIS NEEDS LOVE

Pass the giant scratches the stars

Bites the planets

The giant passes by that also up there

Throw out its waste

The black-stained giant passes by

Everything it touches

The giant grows in indifference

Of those who do not open their mouths

As long as the sun looks for the moon

The grapes become ripe

The grass smells like cut

Fingers crossed

HOW ARE YOU

WHICH WORLD DO YOU WANT

I WANT A BETTER PLACE

WHERE ARE YOU

WHAT PLANET ARE YOU OF

THIS NEEDS LOVE

Turn the earth turns

Turn everything turns

Yet the wind still blows

Turn life turns

Turn love turns

Yet the wind still blows

HOW ARE YOU

WHICH WORLD DO YOU WANT

I WANT A BETTER PLACE

WHERE ARE YOU

WHAT PLANET ARE YOU OF

THIS NEEDS LOVE

HOW ARE YOU

NEVER ASK YOU

IF THERE IS A BETTER PLACE

WHERE ARE YOU

WHAT PLANET ARE YOU OF

THIS NEEDS LOVE