Antonello Venditti: Sotto Il Segno Dei Pesci (Under The Sign of Pisces)


Under The Sign Of Pisces
Do you remember that road, it was you and me
And the people that was running, and screaming with us
“All that I want,” I thought, “it is only love
And unity for us, who deserve a different life
More just and free, if you want;
Run, love, run be not afraid.”

You asked me “what do you miss, you have a house
You have a woman, a family, who get you out of trouble.”
“But all I want,” I thought, “it is just love
And unity for us, who deserve a different life
More just and free, if you want.”
Born under the sign, born under the sign of Pisces

And rock music crossed slowly on our discussions
Eighteen years are few to promise each other’s future
“But all I want,” I said, “it is only love
And unity for us who deserve a different life
Violent and tender, if you want.”
Born under the sign, born under the sign of Pisces

And Marina, she is gone now, she teaches in a school today
She lives poorly and unsatisfied, and she knows why she is alone
But all she seeks and wants, it is only love
“…And unity for us, who deserve another life
Violent and tender if you want”
Born under the sign, born under the sign of Pisces

And Giovanni is an engineer who works in a radio
He burned his degree, he lives only on words
But all he seeks and wants, that is only love
And unity for us, locked in a free fate,
Violent and tender if you want;

Children of an old song.

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Ti ricordi quella strada, eravamo io e te
E la gente che correva, e gridava insieme a noi
Tutto quello che voglio, pensavo, è solamente amore
Ed unità per noi, che meritiamo un'altra vita
Più giusta e libera se vuoi
Corri amore, corri non aver paura
Mi chiedevi che ti manca, una casa tu ce l'hai
Hai una donna, una famiglia, che ti tira fuori dai guai
Ma tutto quello che voglio, pensavo, è solamente amore
Ed unità per noi, che meritiamo un'altra vita
Più giusta e libera se vuoi
Nata sotto il segno, nata sotto il segno dei pesci
Ed il rock passava lento sulle nostre discussioni
Diciotto anni son pochi, per promettersi il futuro
Ma tutto quel che voglio, dicevo, è solamente amore
Ed unità per noi che meritiamo un'altra vita
Violenta e tenera se vuoi
Nata sotto il segno, nata sotto il segno dei pesci
E Marina se n'è andata, oggi insegna in una scuola
Vive male e insoddisfatta, e capisce perché è sola
Ma tutto quel che cerca e che vuole è solamente amore
Ed unità per noi, che meritiamo un'altra vita
Violenta e tenera se vuoi
Nata sotto il segno, nata sotto il segno dei pesci
E Giovanni è un ingegnere che lavora in una radio
Ha bruciato la sua laurea, vive solo di parole
Ma tutto quel che cerca e che vuole è solamente amore
Ed unità per noi, stretti in una libera sorte
Violenti e teneri se vuoi
Figli di una vecchia canzone

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