Franco Battiato
Centro Di Gravità Permanente lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Italian
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1981
- Genre
- Cantautori
- Length
- 4:00
Una vecchia bretone
An old Breton
Con un cappello e un ombrello di carta di riso e canna di bambù
With a hat and a paper umbrella of rice and bamboo
Capitani coraggiosi
Brave captains
Furbi contrabbandieri macedoni
Cunning Macedonian smugglers
Gesuiti euclidei
Euclidean Jesuits
Vestiti come dei bonzi per entrare a corte degli imperatori
Dressed like bonzes to enter the court of emperors
Della dinastia dei Ming
Of the Ming dynasty
Cerco un centro di gravità permanente
I'm looking for a permanent center of gravity
Che non mi faccia mai cambiare idea sulle cose sulla gente
That never makes me change my mind about things, about people
Avrei bisogno di...
I would need...
(cerco un centro di gravità permanente)
I'm searching for a permanent center of gravity
(che non mi faccia mai cambiare idea sulle cose sulla gente)
that never makes me change my mind about things and people
Over and over again
Per le strade di Pechino erano giorni di maggio
On the streets of Beijing, it was the days of May
Tra noi si scherzava a raccogliere ortiche
Between us, we joked about gathering nettles
Non sopporto i cori russi
I can't stand Russian choirs
La musica finto rock, la new wave italiana, il free jazz punk inglese
The fake rock music, Italian new wave, English free jazz punk
Neanche la nera africana
Not even the African black
Cerco un centro di gravità permanente
I'm searching for a permanent center of gravity
Che non mi faccia mai cambiare idea sulle cose sulla gente
that never makes me change my mind about things and people
Avrei bisogno di...
I would need...
(cerco un centro di gravità permanente)
(I'm looking for a permanent center of gravity)
(che non mi faccia mai cambiare idea sulle cose sulla gente)
(that won't ever make me change my mind about things or people)
Over and over again
What you are you, are you
What you are you, are you
You are a woman in love
Baby I need your love
I want your love
Over and over again
Come in into my life, ooh baby
I want to give you my soul
Baby I, I need your love
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Key vocabulary
- bisogno
- needA1
- cambiare
- changeA1
- cappello
- hatA1
- carta
- paperA1
- centro
- centerA1
- cose
- thingsA1
- entrare
- enterA1
- gente
- peopleA1
- giorni
- daysA1
- maggio
- MayA1
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About this song
Franco Battiato was an Italian musician, singer, composer, filmmaker, and painter. His work spans experimental pop, electronic music, minimalism, avant-garde, and progressive rock, and he is associated with genre-crossing songs and soundtracks.