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Il Valium mi rilassa Il Serenase mi distende Il Tavor mi riprende C'è chi mi dà energia e chi la porta via C'è chi mi dà energia e chi la porta via E voi cosa volete? Di che cosa vi fate? Dov'è la vostra pena? Qual è il vostro problema? Perché vi batte il cuore? Per chi vi batte il cuore? Meglio un medicinale o una storia infernale? Meglio giornate inerti o dei capelli verdi? Eppur tutto va bene, va proprio tutto bene Eppur tutto va bene, va proprio tutto bene Eppur tutto va bene, va proprio tutto bene Manca un po' l'appetito e il Valium per dormire l'ho finito Quando ci penso, vorrei tornare Alla mia bella al casolare Emilia mia, Emilia in fiore Tu sei la stella, tu sei l'amore E voi cosa volete? Di che cosa vi fate? Dov'è la vostra pena? Qual è il vostro problema? Perché vi batte il cuore? Per chi vi batte il cuore? Meglio un medicinale a una storia infernale Meglio giornate inerti o dei capelli verdi? Eppur tutto va bene, va proprio tutto bene Eppur tutto va bene, va proprio tutto bene Eppur tutto va bene, va proprio tutto bene Manca un po' l'appetito e il Valium per dormire l'ho finite Valium Tavor Serenase © 1986 CCCP Of "Valium Tavor Serenase," Giovanni Ferretti wrote, "It's the reduction to a minimum of everything, a series of things I had written regarding my previous experience as a psychiatric aide. I dispensed Valium, Ativan, Haldol according to the prescriptions, or more often placebos. It's the reduction to a minimum of a really heavy experience." |
Valium relaxes me, Haldol unwinds me, Ativan picks me up. There are those who give me energy and those who take it away. x2 And you, what do you want? What are you made of? Where is your pain? What is your problem? Why does your heart beat? For whom does your heart beat? Better a medication or an infernal story? Better lifeless days or some green hair? And yet everything is fine, everything so fine. And yet everything is fine, everything so fine. And yet everything is fine, everything so fine. Missing a bit the appetite and the Valium to sleep, I finished it. When I think of it, I would like to return to my beauty at the farmhouse. My Emilia, Emilia in flowers, You are the star, you are love. And you, what do you want? What are you made of? Where is your pain? What is your problem? Why does your heart beat? For whom does your heart beat? Better a medication or an infernal story? Better lifeless days or some green hair? And yet everything is fine, everything so fine. And yet everything is fine, everything so fine. And yet everything is fine, everything so fine. Missing a bit the appetite and the Valium to sleep, I finished it. English translation © 2025 Dennis Criteser 1964-1985 Affinità-divergenze fra il compagno Togliatti e noi - Del conseguimento della maggiore età (Affinities and divergences between Comrade Togliatti and us - of attaining the age of majority) was CCCP's first full solo album (following a pair of EPs), released in 1986 on the Attack Punk Records label. The album met with both critical and commercial success, and is #12 on the Rolling Stones list of best Italian albums. The title refers to a December 31, 1962 editorial in the daily Renmin ribao, an organ of the Chinese Communist Party, which criticized the Italian Communist Party led by Palmiro Togliatti, whose portrait is in the background of the album cover. |
I began exploring Italian popular songs as part of learning Italian. Here are my translations for some of my favorite "canzoni" by Italian singers, songwriters, and bands whose work I admire. It's a work in progress that can serve as a curated introduction to Italian popular music, with an emphasis on the 1950s through the 1990s. If you speak Italian, send me a message if you see lyrics I've misunderstood.
