Pensieri e parole
Lucio Battisti
Thoughts and words
What do you know about a child who used to steal
And only played in the dark?
And about the sun that pierces the roofs, what do you know?
And about a world all closed in one street?
And about a suburban cinema?
What do you know about our railway, what do you know?
You know me, my loyalty
You know that today I would die for honesty
You know me, my name
Only you know if it's true or not that I believe in God
What do you know about a wheat field
Poetry of a profane love
The fear of being taken by the hand, what do you know?
My love (what do you know about a good boy?)
Is now a rock (who showed all his pains?)
And challenges time and wind and you know it
(My sincerity to steal his virginity)
Yes, you know it (what do you know?)
In front of me there's another life
Ours is already over
And new nights and new days
Darling, will you go or come back with me?
In front of you, there's me
(Give me strength, my God) I have another man
(I ask for forgiveness now)
And new nights and new days
Darling, don't hate me if you can
You know me (what do you know about a trip to England?)
What I would give (what do you know about an Israelite love?)
To find my eyes in others
(Of two wide-open eyes that told me it's over, that I'm a liar)
What do you know about a boy who loved you?
Who talked and knew nothing?
Yet what he said, who knows why, who knows?
Now it's the truth (yes, you know it)
In front of me there's another life
Ours is already over
And new nights and new days
Darling, will you go or come back with me?
In front of you, there's me
(Give me strength, my God) I have another man
(I ask for forgiveness now)
And new nights and new days
Darling, don't hate me if you can