Lyrics of Via Paolo Fabbri 43 - Francesco Guccini

Via Paolo Fabbri 43 - Francesco Guccini
Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Via Paolo Fabbri 43, artist - Francesco Guccini. Album song Se Io Avessi Previsto Tutto Questo... La Strada, Gli Amici, Le Canzoni, in the genre Иностранная авторская песня
Date of issue: 26.11.2015
Record label: Universal Music Italia
Song language: Italian

Via Paolo Fabbri 43

(original)
Fra «krapfen» e «boiate» le ore strane son volate
Grasso l’autobus m’insegue lungo il viale
E l’alba è un pugno in faccia verso cui tendo le braccia
Scoppia il mondo fuori porta San Vitale
E in via Petroni si svegliano
Preparano libri e caffè
E io danzo con Snoopy e con Linus
Un tango argentino col caschè!
Se fossi più gatto, se fossi un po' più vagabondo
Vedrei in questo sole, vedrei dentro l’alba e nel mondo
Ma c'è da sporcarsi il vestito e c'è da sgualcire il gilet:
Che mamma mi trovi pulito qui all’alba in via Fabbri 43!
I geni musicali preannunciati dai giornali
Hanno officiato e i sacri versi hanno cantati
Le elettriche impazziscono, sogni e malattie guariscono
Son poeti, santi, taumaturghi e vati:
Con gioia e tremore li seguo
Dal fondo della mia città
Poi chiusa la soglia do sfogo
Alla mia turpe voglia… ascolto Bach!
Se solo affrontassi la mia vita come la morte
Avrei clown, giannizzeri, nani a stupir la tua corte
Ma voci imperiose mi chiamano e devo tornare perchè
Ho un posto da vecchio giullare qui in via Paolo Fabbri 43!
Gli arguti intellettuali trancian pezzi e manuali
Poi stremati fanno cure di cinismo
Son pallidi nei visi e hanno deboli sorrisi
Solo se si parla di strutturalismo
In fondo mi sono simpatici
Da quando ho incontrato Descartes:
Ma pensa se le canzonette
Me le recensisse Roland Barthes!
Se fossi accademico, fossi maestro o dottore
Ti insignirei in toga di quindici lauree ad honorem
Ma a scuola ero scarso in latino e il «pop» non è fatto per me:
Ti diplomerò in canti e in vino qui in via Paolo Fabbri 43!
Jorge Luis Borges mi ha promesso l' altra notte
Di parlar personalmente col «persiano»
Ma il cielo dei poeti è un po' affollato in questi tempi
Forse avrò un posto da usciere o da scrivano:
Dovrò lucidare i suoi specchi
Trascriver quartine a Kayyam
Ma un lauro da genio minore
Per me, sul suo onore, non mancherà…
Se avessi coraggio, se aprissi del tutto le porte
Farei fuochi greci e girandole per la tua fronte
Ma sai cosa io pensi del tempo e lui cosa pensa di me:
Sii saggia com' io son contento qui in via Paolo Fabbri 43!
La piccola infelice si è incontrata con Alice
Ad un summit per il canto popolare
Marinella non c' era, fa la vita in balera
Ed ha altro per la testa a cui pensare:
Ma i miei ubriachi non cambiano
Soltanto ora bevon di più
E «il frate» non certo la smette
Per fare lo speaker in TV
Se fossi poeta, se fossi più bravo e più bello
Avrei nastri e gale francesi per il tuo cappello
Ma anche i miei eroi sono poveri, si chiedono troppi perchè:
Già sbronzi al mattino mi svegliano urlando in via Fabbri 43!
Gli eroi su Kawasaki coi maglioni colorati
Van scialando sulle strade bionde e fretta
Personalmente austero vesto in blu perchè odio il nero
E ho paura anche d' andare in bicicletta:
Scartato alla leva del jet-set
Non piango, ma compro le Clark
Se devo emigrare in America
Come mio nonno, prendo il tram!
Se tutto mi uscisse, se aprissi del tutto i cancelli
Farei con parole ghirlande da ornarti i capelli
Ma madri e morali mi chiudono
Ritorno a giocare da me:
Do un party, con gatti e poeti
Qui all' alba in via Fabbri 43!
(translation)
Between «krapfen» and «boiate» the strange hours have flown by
Grasso, the bus follows me along the avenue
And dawn is a punch in the face towards which I extend my arms
The world breaks out outside Porta San Vitale
And in via Petroni they wake up
They prepare books and coffee
And I dance with Snoopy and with Linus
An Argentine tango with caschè!
If I were more cat, if I were a little more vagabond
I would see in this sun, I would see the dawn and the world inside
But the dress has to be dirty and the vest has to be creased:
May mom find me clean here at dawn in via Fabbri 43!
The musical geniuses announced by the newspapers
They officiated and the sacred verses sang
Electric go crazy, dreams and illnesses heal
They are poets, saints, thaumaturges and vati:
With joy and trembling I follow them
From the bottom of my city
Then closed the threshold I give vent
To my ugly desire… I listen to Bach!
If only I faced my life as death
I would have clowns, janissaries, dwarfs to amaze your court
But imperious voices call me and I have to go back because
I have a place as an old jester here in via Paolo Fabbri 43!
The witty intellectuals cut pieces and manuals
Then, exhausted, they take cynicism treatments
Their faces are pale and have faint smiles
Only if we are talking about structuralism
After all, I like them
Since I met Descartes:
But he thinks if the songs
Roland Barthes reviewed them for me!
If you were an academic, you were a teacher or a doctor
I would honor you in toga with fifteen honorary degrees
But at school I was poor in Latin and "pop" is not for me:
I'll graduate in singing and wine here in via Paolo Fabbri 43!
Jorge Luis Borges promised me the other night
To speak personally with the "Persian"
But the poet's sky is a bit crowded these days
Maybe I'll have a job as an usher or as a scribe:
I'll have to polish your mirrors
I will transcribe quatrains to Kayyam
But a laurel of lesser genius
For me, on his honor, he will not fail ...
If I had the courage, if I opened the doors completely
I'd make Greek fires and turning them for your forehead
But you know what I think of the weather and what he thinks of me:
Be wise as I am happy here in via Paolo Fabbri 43!
The unhappy little girl met with Alice
At a summit for popular singing
Marinella wasn't there, she lives her life in the dance hall
And she has other things on her mind to think about:
But my drunks don't change
Only now do they drink more
And "the friar" certainly does not stop
To be a speaker on TV
If I were a poet, if I were better and more beautiful
I would have French ribbons and frills for your hat
But even my heroes are poor, they wonder too many why:
Already drunk in the morning they wake me up screaming in via Fabbri 43!
The heroes on Kawasaki with colored sweaters
Van running on the streets blondes and in a hurry
Personally austere, I dress in blue because I hate black
And I'm also afraid of riding a bicycle:
Discarded at the jet-set lever
I don't cry, but I buy the Clarks
If I have to emigrate to America
Like my grandfather, I take the tram!
If everything came out of me, if I opened the gates completely
I would make garlands with words to adorn your hair
But mothers and morals close me
Back to play with me:
I have a party, with cats and poets
Here at dawn in via Fabbri 43!
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