"Sometimes Enzo would introduce this song at concerts with the words 'I would like to dedicate this song to my father, it's important to remember since today there are those who confuse the Republic of Salò with the Republic of San Marino.'"
Jannacci - Sei minuti all'alba (Six minutes to dawn
and it's not clear yet,
six minutes to dawn
The priest is already ready.
It's already half an hour
that he's talking.
"I told you, Father, really,
I already prayed."
In the neighboring cell
they're singing a song.
"Yes, but it's not the moment
a bit of education!"
I would even cry
the lump is ready already;
crying, alright, and why?
They are going to shoot me.
On September 8th I escaped
I stopped being a soldier,
I went back to the village
they called me a deserter.
Put on a train
I ran away again;
I went to the mountains, but the other day
they caught me with the partisans.
An officer walks in
offers me a smoke:
"Thanks, but I don't smoke
before eating."
He makes an offended face,
I have to accept,
the handcuffs are already on my wrists,
and they keep singing.
And I drag my feet
and I feel sick;
six minutes to dawn,
God how clear it is!
I have to gather my strength
a nice ending is needed;
come on, pick up the pace, because
dignity is needed.
On September 8th I escaped
I stopped being a soldier,
I went back to the village
they called me a deserter.
Put on a train
I ran away again;
I went to the mountains, but the other day
they caught me with the partisans.)
