Translation of the song lyrics Ballata della moda - Luigi Tenco

Ballata della moda (original)

Era l’autunno e il cameriere Antonio
Servendo ad un tavolo di grandi industriali
Sentì decidere che per l’estate prossima
Sarebbe andata di moda l’acqua blu
Loro dicevano che bastava fare una campagna di pubblicità
Mettere in ogni bar un po' di bottigliette
Ed il successo non poteva mancare
Antonio tra se rideva
Ahahah-ahahah
Diceva «me ne infischio della moda io bevo solo quello che mi va»
Venne l’inverno e Antonio vide al cinema
Cortometraggi con bottiglie d’acqua blu
Fotografie sui muri e sui giornali
Di belle donne che invitavano a provarla
In primavera già qualcuno la beveva
E pure lui un giorno a casa d’un amico
Dovette berla perché quello imbarazzato
Gli disse «scusa ma non m'è rimasto altro»
Antonio però rideva
Ahahah-ahahah
Diceva «me ne infischio della moda ma in mancanza d’altro bevo quel che c'è»
Venne l’estate ed in villeggiatura
Antonio aveva sete e non sapeva cosa bere
In ogni bar dove chiedeva un dissetante
Manco a farlo apposta gli servivano acqua blu
Le prime volte lui si era opposto
Ma poi pensò: «Ma chi me lo fa fare»
E da quel giorno poco a poco si abituò
Un mese dopo non beveva altro
Antonio però rideva
Ahahah-ahahah
Diceva «me ne infischio della moda ma bevo questa bibita perché mi va»
Ora è l’autunno, Antonio è all’ospedale
Intossicato perché beveva troppo
E per servire quel tavolo importante
S'è fatto sostituire dall’amico Pasquale
Stan decidendo per la prossima moda
Un pantalone a strisce gialle e nere
Basterà fare una gran pubblicità
Farlo indossare da qualche grande attore
Pasquale tra se sorride
Ahahaha-ahahah
E dice «me ne infischio della moda io porto solo quello che mi va»
Ma io vedo già Pasquale
Ahahah-ahahah
Chissà come starà male
Coi pantaloni a strisce gialle e nere

(translation)

It was autumn and the waiter Antonio
Serving at a table of large industrialists
He heard it decide that for next summer
Blue water would have been fashionable
They said it was enough to do an advertising campaign
Put a few bottles in each bar
And success could not be missing
Antonio laughed to himself
Ahahah-ahahah
He said "I don't care about fashion, I only drink what I want"
Winter came and Antonio saw at the cinema
Short films with blue water bottles
Photographs on the walls and in the newspapers
Of beautiful women who invited you to try it
In spring, someone already drank it
And he too one day at a friend's house
He had to drink it because that embarrassed
She said "sorry but I have nothing else left"
Antonio was laughing though
Ahahah-ahahah
He said "I don't care about fashion but for lack of anything else, I drink what's there"
Summer came and on vacation
Antonio was thirsty and did not know what to drink
In every bar where he asked for a thirst quencher
Needless to do it on purpose they needed blue water
The first few times he was opposed
But then he thought: "But who makes me do it?"
And from that day on, he gradually got used to it
A month later he was drinking nothing else
Antonio was laughing though
Ahahah-ahahah
He said "I don't care about fashion but I drink this drink because I like it"
Now it's autumn, Antonio is in the hospital
Intoxicated because he drank too much
And to serve that important table
He was replaced by his friend Pasquale
They are deciding on the next fashion
A trousers with yellow and black stripes
It will be enough to make a great publicity
Get it worn by some great actor
Pasquale smiles to himself
Ahahaha-ahahah
And he says "I don't care about fashion, I only wear what I want"
But I already see Pasquale
Ahahah-ahahah
He who knows how he will feel bad
With yellow and black striped trousers