Lyrics and translation Tiromancino - Testaccio Blues

Testaccio Blues

Non eri facile, Roberto
Eri testardo ma eri tu
Con le tue note fermavi il tempo
Sospeso in quel Testaccio Blues
Parlavi poco del futuro
E non ridevi quasi mai
Sotto il cappello lo sguardo scuro
Di chi pensa ai cazzi suoi
E se adesso sono qui
è stata un po′ anche colpa tua perché ho capito che la musica è vita
Da allora non è più andata via
Non eri facile, Roberto
Eri testardo ma eri tu
Con le tue note resti nel vento
Sospeso in quel Testaccio Blues

Testaccio Blues

You were not easy, Roberto
You were stubborn, but you were you
With your notes you stopped time
Suspended in that Testaccio Blues
You rarely spoke of the future
And you almost never laughed
Under your hat, your dark gaze
Of someone who thinks about his own business
And if I'm here now
It was a little bit your fault too because I understood that music is life
Since then it has never left
You were not easy, Roberto
You were stubborn, but you were you
With your notes you remain in the wind
Suspended in that Testaccio Blues