Falling From Above / Cadere dall'alto
Grandpa said to cousin Jed
Sittin' on the porch
“I won't retire
But I might retread
Seems like that guy singin' this song
Been doin' it for a long time
Is there anything he knows
That he ain't said?
Sing a song for freedom
Sing a song for love
Sing a song for depressed angels
Falling from above”
Grandpa held the paper
Pretendin' he could see
But he couldn't read without his glasses on
“How can all these people
Afford so many things?
When I was young
People wore what they had on...”
And mama said
“A little love and affection
In everything you do
Will make the world a better place
With or without you”
A little love and affection
In everything you do
Slammin' down a late night shot
The hero and the artist compared
Goals and visions and afterthoughts
For the Twentyfirst century
But mostly came up with nothin'
So the truth was never learned
And the human race just kept rollin' on
Rollin' through the fighting
Rollin' through the religious wars
Rollin' down the temple walls
And the church's exposed sores
Rollin' through the fighting
The religious wars
Mostly came up with nothin'
“Grandpa here's your glasses
You'll see much better now”
Said that young girl of Edith and Earl's
But Grandpa just kept starin'
He was lost in some distant thought
Then he turned and said
To that young girl
“A little love and affection
In everything you do
Will make the world a better place
With or without you”
With or without you
A better place
With or without you
With or without you
Hear that rooster crowin'
Down on the Double E
It's a new morning
Dawning on the green
Bouncing off the towers
And the sun's heading down for the streets
The business meeting
Window shades are drawn
Another morning edition
Headed for the porch
Because Grandma puts down the paper
Before Grandpa raises his fork
A little love and affection
In everything you do
With or without you
Hear the rooster crowin'
Down on the Double E
* * * *
Sittin' on the porch
“I won't retire
But I might retread
Seems like that guy singin' this song
Been doin' it for a long time
Is there anything he knows
That he ain't said?
Sing a song for freedom
Sing a song for love
Sing a song for depressed angels
Falling from above”
Grandpa held the paper
Pretendin' he could see
But he couldn't read without his glasses on
“How can all these people
Afford so many things?
When I was young
People wore what they had on...”
And mama said
“A little love and affection
In everything you do
Will make the world a better place
With or without you”
A little love and affection
In everything you do
Slammin' down a late night shot
The hero and the artist compared
Goals and visions and afterthoughts
For the Twentyfirst century
But mostly came up with nothin'
So the truth was never learned
And the human race just kept rollin' on
Rollin' through the fighting
Rollin' through the religious wars
Rollin' down the temple walls
And the church's exposed sores
Rollin' through the fighting
The religious wars
Mostly came up with nothin'
“Grandpa here's your glasses
You'll see much better now”
Said that young girl of Edith and Earl's
But Grandpa just kept starin'
He was lost in some distant thought
Then he turned and said
To that young girl
“A little love and affection
In everything you do
Will make the world a better place
With or without you”
With or without you
A better place
With or without you
With or without you
Hear that rooster crowin'
Down on the Double E
It's a new morning
Dawning on the green
Bouncing off the towers
And the sun's heading down for the streets
The business meeting
Window shades are drawn
Another morning edition
Headed for the porch
Because Grandma puts down the paper
Before Grandpa raises his fork
A little love and affection
In everything you do
With or without you
Hear the rooster crowin'
Down on the Double E
* * * *
Nonno disse al cugino Jed
Seduto in veranda
“Non andrò in pensione
Forse potrei ricominciare
Sembra che il tizio che canta questa canzone
Lo stia facendo da molto tempo
C'è niente che conosce
Di cui non ha parlato?
Cantare una canzone per la libertà
Cantare una canzone per l'amore
Cantare una canzone per gli angeli depressi
Che cadono dall'alto”
Nonno teneva il giornale
Facendo finta di vederci
Ma non riusciva a leggere senza gli occhiali
“Come possono tutte queste persone
Permettersi così tante cose?
Quand'ero giovane
La gente indossava quello che aveva addosso...”
E mamma disse
“Un po' d’amore e d’affetto
In tutto ciò che fai
Faranno del mondo un posto migliore
Con o senza di te”
Un po' d’amore e d’affetto
In tutto ciò che fai
Buttando giù uno shortino a tarda notte
L'eroe e l'artista discussero
Obiettivi e visioni e ripensamenti
Per il Ventunesimo secolo
Ma non arrivarono quasi a niente
Perciò la verità non era mai stata appresa
E la razza umana continuava solo ad andare avanti
Avanti tra i combattimenti
Avanti tra le guerre di religione
Avanti tra le mura distrutte dei templi
E le ferite aperte della chiesa
Avanti tra i combattimenti
Le guerre di religione
Non arrivarono quasi a niente
“Nonno ecco i tuoi occhiali
Vedrai molto meglio ora”
Disse la figlia di Edith e Earl
Ma lo sguardo di Nonno era fisso
Perso in qualche pensiero lontano
Poi si voltò e disse
A quella giovane ragazza
“Un po' d’amore e d’affetto
In tutto ciò che fai
Faranno del mondo un posto migliore
Con o senza di te”
Con o senza di te
Un posto migliore
Con o senza di te
Con o senza di te
Ascolta il gallo cantare
Giù al Double E
È un nuovo mattino
Che sorge sul verde
Rimbalzando contro le torri
Il sole percorre le strade
Alla riunione d’affari
Le tende sono tirate
Un'altra edizione del mattino
Arriva sulla veranda
Perché Nonna posa il giornale
Prima che Nonno alzi la forchetta
Un po' d’amore e d’affetto
In tutto ciò che fai
Con o senza di te
Ascolta il gallo cantare
Giù al Double E