Boogie - Paolo Conte

Due note e il ritornello

Era già nella pelle di quei due

E il corpo di lei mandava vampate africane

Lui sembrava un coccodrillo…

I saxes spingevano a fondo

Come ciclisti gregari in fuga

E la canzone andava avanti

Sempre più affondata nell’aria…

Quei due continuavano

Da lei saliva afrore di coloniali

Che giungevano a lui

Come da una di quelle drogherie di una volta

Che tenevano la porta aperta

Davanti alla primavera…

Boogie woogie

Boogie woogie

Qualcuno nei paraggi

Cominciava a starnutire

Il ventilatore ronzava immenso

Dal soffitto esausto…

I saxes ipnotizzati…

Dai movimenti di lei si spandevano

Rumori di gomma e di vernice

Da lui di cuoio…

Le luci saettavano

Sul volto pechinese della cassiera

Che fumava al mentolo

Altri starnutivano senza malizia

E la canzone andava elegante

L’orchestra era partita

Decollava…

Boogie woogie

Boogie woogie

I musicisti

Un tutt’uno col soffitto

E il pavimento…

Solo il batterista nell’ombra

Guardava con sguardi cattivi…

Quei due danzavano bravi

Una nuova cassiera sostituiva la prima

Questa qui aveva gli occhi da lupa

E masticava caramelle alascane

Quella musica continuava

Era una canzone che diceva e non diceva…

L’orchestra si dondolava come un palmizio

Davanti a un mare venerato…

Quei due sapevano a memoria

Dove volevano arrivare…

Boogie woogie

Boogie woogie

Un quinto personaggio esitò

Prima di starnutire

Poi si rifugiò nel nulla…

Era un mondo adulto

Si sbagliava da professionisti…

Boogie woogie

Boogie woogie

Two notes and the refrain

It was already in the skin of those two

And her body was sending out African flashes

He looked like a crocodile ...

The saxes pushed hard

Like gregarious cyclists on the run

And the song went on

More and more sunk in the air ...

Those two continued

The smell of colonials rose from her

That came to him

Like from one of those old grocery stores

That held the door open

Before spring ...

Boogie woogie

Boogie woogie

Someone nearby

He was starting to sneeze

The fan hummed immensely

From the exhausted ceiling ...

The hypnotized saxes ...

From her movements they spread

Noises of rubber and paint

From him of leather ...

The lights flashed

On the Pekingese face of the cashier

Who smoked menthol

Others sneezed without malice

And the song was elegant

The orchestra had left

It took off ...

Boogie woogie

Boogie woogie

The musicians

One with the ceiling

And the floor ...

Only the drummer in the shadows

He looked with evil looks ...

Those two danced well

A new cashier replaced the first

This one had the eyes of a she-wolf

And she chewed Alascan candy

That music continued

It was a song that said and didn't say ...

The orchestra swayed like a palm tree

In front of a revered sea ...

Those two knew by heart

Where did they want to go ...

Boogie woogie

Boogie woogie

A fifth character hesitated

Before sneezing

Then she took refuge in nowhere ...

It was an adult world

He was wrong as professionals ...

Boogie woogie

Boogie woogie