American Dream / Sogno americano
I used to see you on every TV
Your smiling face looked back at me
I used to see you on every TV
Your smiling face looked back at me
Then they caught you with the girl next door
People's money piled on the floor
Accusations that you try to deny
Revelations and rumors begin to fly
Now you think about reaching out
Maybe get some help from above
Now you think about reaching out
Maybe get some help from above
Reporters crowd around your house
Going through your garbage like a pack of hounds
Speculating what they may find out
It don't matter now, you're all washed up
You wake up in the middle of the night
Your sheets are wet and your face is white
You tried to make a good thing last
How could something so good go bad so fast?
American dream, american dream
American dream, american dream
Don't know when things went wrong
Might have been when you were young and strong
Don't know when things went wrong
Might have been when you were young and strong
Reporters crowd around your house
Going through your garbage like a pack of hounds
Speculating what they may find out
It don't matter now, you're all washed up
Don't know when things went wrong
Might have been when you were young and strong
American dream, american dream
Don't know when things went wrong
Might have been when you were young and strong
American dream, american dream
* * * *
Your smiling face looked back at me
I used to see you on every TV
Your smiling face looked back at me
Then they caught you with the girl next door
People's money piled on the floor
Accusations that you try to deny
Revelations and rumors begin to fly
Now you think about reaching out
Maybe get some help from above
Now you think about reaching out
Maybe get some help from above
Reporters crowd around your house
Going through your garbage like a pack of hounds
Speculating what they may find out
It don't matter now, you're all washed up
You wake up in the middle of the night
Your sheets are wet and your face is white
You tried to make a good thing last
How could something so good go bad so fast?
American dream, american dream
American dream, american dream
Don't know when things went wrong
Might have been when you were young and strong
Don't know when things went wrong
Might have been when you were young and strong
Reporters crowd around your house
Going through your garbage like a pack of hounds
Speculating what they may find out
It don't matter now, you're all washed up
Don't know when things went wrong
Might have been when you were young and strong
American dream, american dream
Don't know when things went wrong
Might have been when you were young and strong
American dream, american dream
* * * *
Ti vedevo su tutti i canali
La tua faccia sorridente mi fissava
Ti vedevo su tutti i canali
La tua faccia sorridente mi fissava
Poi ti hanno beccato con la ragazza della porta accanto
I soldi della gente ammucchiati sul pavimento
Accuse che cerchi di negare
Rivelazioni e pettegolezzi che cominciano a girare
Ora pensi di chiedere aiuto
Forse un po' di aiuto dall'alto
Ora pensi di chiedere aiuto
Forse un po' di aiuto dall'alto
I giornalisti ti circondano casa
Curiosando nella tua immondizia come cani da caccia
Speculando su quello che potrebbero trovare
Non ha importanza ormai, è tutto finito
Ti svegli nel bel mezzo della notte
Le lenzuola bagnate e il volto pallido
Hai cercato di far durare a lungo una cosa bella
Come può una cosa così buona andare in malora così in fretta?
Sogno americano, sogno americano
Sogno americano, sogno americano
Non sai quando le cose sono andate in malora
Potrebbe esser stato quando eri giovane e forte
Non sai quando le cose sono andate in malora
Potrebbe esser stato quando eri giovane e forte
I giornalisti ti circondano casa
Curiosando nella tua immondizia come cani da caccia
Speculando su quello che potrebbero trovare
Non ha importanza ormai, è tutto finito
Non sai quando le cose sono andate in malora
Potrebbe esser stato quando eri giovane e forte
Sogno americano, sogno americano
Non sai quando le cose sono andate in malora
Potrebbe esser stato quando eri giovane e forte
Sogno americano, sogno americano
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VERSI AGGIUNTIVI
Versione originale 1987
[fonte: NYA – Summer Songs compilation]
Love brought joy and life brought pain
The emptiness of money and a name
After that things got a little rough
In the American dream
* * * *
L'amore ha portato la gioia e la vita ha portato il dolore
Il vuoto del denaro e di un nome
Dopo di che le cose sono diventate difficili
Nel sogno americano