Canzoni contro la guerra - La Brigata Lolli

42. HE WAS A KID WHO JUST LIKE ME LOVED THE BEATLES
AND THE ROLLING STONES
Joan Baez
Un’altra canzone che, sia nell’originale che nella traduzione italiana, non ha alcun bisogno di
presentazione.
He was a kid who just like me loved The Beatles and The Rolling Stones
He hanged around always singing the good things of America
He wasn't handsome, but anyaway there were a thousand girls after him
He used to sing Help and Ticket to Right Oh Lady Jane in Yesterday
He used to say freedom is great, but he didn't expect a letter
To take him away from his guitar he was called by America
Stop with Rolling Stones! Stop with Beatles songs!
He was sent to Vietnam to fight with Vietcongs.
rata tatata means rata tatata
He was a kid who just like me loved The Beatles and The Rolling Stones
He hanged around but he ended up in the Vietnam war
He has no long hair anymore or play his guitar but
An instrument that plays only one note ratatata
He has no friends he sees no girls but dead people on the ground
He won't come back to his country because he's dead in the Vietnam
Stop with Rolling Stones! Stop with Beatles songs!
There is no heart in his chest but two medals
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C'era un ragazzo che come me amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones
Versione italiana di Gianni Morandi [*]
(Migliacci - Lusini)
(1966)
C'era un ragazzo che come me amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones
girava il mondo, veniva dagli Stati Uniti d'America.
Non era bello, ma accanto a sé aveva mille donne se
cantava «Help» e «Ticket to ride» o «Lady Jane» o «Yesterday».
Cantava «Viva la libertà» ma ricevette una lettera,
la sua chitarra mi regalò fu richiamato in America.
Stop coi Rolling Stones! Stop, coi Beatles stop!
Gli han detto vai nel Vietnam e spara ai Vietcong...
Ta ta ta ta ta...
C'era un ragazzo che come me amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones
girava il mondo, ma poi finì a far la guerra nel Vietnam.
Capelli lunghi non porta più, non suona la chitarra ma
uno strumento che sempre dà la stessa nota, ratatata.