Francesco de Gregori - NATALE DI SECONDA MANO
Today is a time of fires, we arrange nativity scenes
From the stars you descend and you hear us and you see us
Asleep on benches or busy doing nothing
And the cold that comes burns us and puts us out
There are no secrets, no news
There’s no mystery, no nativity
I give you a leaf to chew with bread
And you a bag of wine to stave off hunger
Sior capitano help us cross
This sea against the tide
Sior capitano, we don’t come from right or from left
And tonight we have nothing
Government and parliament we have none, and reason
Reason or feeling — we do not know
And when it happens we make do
And we make do
With second-hand documents
With second-hand documents
With second-hand documents
With second-hand documents
With second-hand documents
Today is a time of waiting, let’s organize something
While life in pink dances on the sidewalk
It looks at us and smiles and never touches us
Last of all the world, little match girls
There’s no forgiveness in all this mercy
There’s no warmth, no electricity
And today the dogs speak to feel kinder
Around our fire, they sing songs
Sior capitano help us cross
This sea against the tide
Sior capitano, we don’t come from right or from left
And tonight we have nothing
Government and parliament we have none, and reason
Reason or feeling — we do not know
And when it happens we make do
And we make do
With second-hand documents
With second-hand documents