Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Devi ridere, artist - Fabio Concato.
Date of issue: 06.10.2011
Song language: Italian
Devi ridere(original) |
Se ti accorgi d’esser vecchio |
Che hai i capelli color neve |
Che ti servono gli occhiali ed un bastone per portarti in giro |
Uomo, devi ridere, devi ridere |
E pensa alle cartucce che hai sparato |
E non soltanto in quelle guerre |
Che han voluto farti fare senza chiederti il permesso |
Vecchio, devi ridere, devi ridere |
Devi ridere di te |
E non pensare ai tuoi duecento acciacchi |
Che non puoi piegarti, che non puoi bere e fumare piu' |
In fondo ad ottant? |
anni ci hai tirato |
Con i vizi che volevi tu |
E adesso con l’amaro in bocca dici: |
«Non mi riconosco piu'!» |
Vecchio fortunato hai compagnia |
Hai un lavoro da sbrigare alle ore che ti pare |
Sei impegnato e quindi |
Devi ridere, devi ridere, devi ridere |
Bestemmi come un pazzo quando parli di pensione |
Quando leggi sul giornale che e' scoppiata l’inflazione |
Devi ridere, per non piangere |
Devi ridere di noi |
Se ancora te la prendi cosi a cuore |
Vorra' dire certamente che poi |
Tanto vecchio non sei; |
La tua fortuna immensa e' che il cervello |
Non vuole abbandonarti mai |
E allora non dar retta a quegli acciacchi |
Pensa ancora a quel che hai |
(translation) |
If you realize you are old |
That you have snow-colored hair |
That you need glasses and a cane to carry you around |
Man, you have to laugh, you have to laugh |
And think about the cartridges you fired |
And not just in those wars |
That they wanted you to do without asking your permission |
Old man, you have to laugh, you have to laugh |
You have to laugh at yourself |
And don't think about your two hundred ailments |
That you can't bend over, that you can't drink and smoke anymore |
At the bottom of eighty? |
years you pulled us |
With the vices you wanted |
And now with a bitter taste in your mouth you say: |
"I don't recognize myself anymore!" |
Lucky old man you have company |
You have a job to do at any time you want |
You are busy and so |
You have to laugh, you have to laugh, you have to laugh |
You swear like a madman when you talk about retirement |
When you read in the newspaper that inflation has broken out |
You have to laugh, not to cry |
You have to laugh at us |
If you still take it so close to heart |
It will certainly mean that later |
You are not that old; |
Your immense luck is that the brain |
He never wants to leave you |
So don't listen to those ailments |
Think again about what you have |