Lyrics and translation Sergio Caputo - Ma Che Amico Sei?

Ma Che Amico Sei?

L'alba s'incendiò
Sui binari del tram
Una gazza mi rubò
La mia croce
Ed altri oggetti punk
Guardo lassu'...
Ma il cielo è una fotografia
Vendono i tuoi stracci
Giù ai cancelli della follia.

Questi siamo noi...
Con il freddo che fa
Fra l'incudine di Dio
E il martello dell'umanità
Eccoci qui
Ripresi dalla tv... scurdammose o' passato...
Che al futuro ci hai pensato tu ci hai pensato tu...

Ma che amico sei?... ma che amico sei...
Jesus was a good man
Ma che scherzi fai...
Ma che scherzi fai...
Jesus was a good man

Io non ero li...
Sono stato via.
Non so piu' dov'e'
Neanche casa mia...
Jesus was a good man

Scesero dal Jet
Come autentiche star...
Sotto raffiche di flash
Benedissero la citta'...
C'eri anche tu
In fuga dal pianeta rock
C'erano i tuoi figli
Con i segni dell'elettroshock dell'elettroshock

Ma che amico sei?... ma che amico sei...
Jesus was a good man
Ma che faccia hai...
Ma che faccia hai...
Jesus was a good man
Cosa c'è lassù... cosa c'è lassù?
Siamo soli o no... se lo dici tu... ehh.
Jesus was a GOOD man

L'alba si incendiò
Sui binari del tram
Una gazza mi rubò
La mia croce
Ed altri oggetti punk
Guardo lassù... guardo lassù
Ma il cielo è una fotografia
Vendono i tuoi stracci
Giu' ai cancelli della follia

Ma che amico sei?
Ma che amico sei?
Ma che amico sei?... Jesus was a good man
Ma che scherzi fai...
Ma che scherzi fai... Jesus was a good man

Io non ero li... sono stato via.
Non so piu' dov'è
Neanche casa mia...

JESUS was a good man

What a Friend You Are?

The dawn caught fire
On the tram tracks
A magpie stole
My cross
And other punk stuff
I look up there...
But the sky is a photograph
They sell your rags
Down in the throes of madness.

That's who we are...
With the cold that's blowing
Between God's anvil
And the hammer of humanity
Here we are
Recovered from the TV... let's forget the past...
You thought about the future, you thought about you...

What a friend you are?... what a friend you are...
Jesus was a good man
What tricks do you play...
What tricks do you play...
Jesus was a good man

I wasn't there...
I was away.
I don't know where you are anymore
Not even my house...
Jesus was a good man

They came down from the Jet
Like authentic stars...
Under barrages of flashes
They blessed the city...
You were there too
Fleeing from the rock planet
Your children were there
With the marks of electroshock

What a friend you are?... what a friend you are...
Jesus was a good man
What face do you have...
What face do you have...
Jesus was a good man
What's up there... what's up there?
Are we alone or not... if you say so... ehh.
Jesus was a GOOD man

The dawn caught fire
On the tram tracks
A magpie stole
My cross
And other punk stuff
I look up there... I look up there
But the sky is a photograph
They sell your rags
Down in the throes of madness

What a friend you are?
What a friend you are?
What a friend you are?... Jesus was a good man
What tricks do you play...
What tricks do you play... Jesus was a good man

I wasn't there... I was away.
I don't know where you are anymore
Not even my house...

JESUS was a good man