Il Colonnello Lyrics in English Lucio Dalla
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Il Colonnello by Lucio Dalla from Italian to English.
Un galantuomo di età
An elderly gentleman
Monocolo, che frac
A monocle, what a tailcoat
Che deve vivere qua
Who has to live here
In collera va
Gets into a rage
Straccioni distesi per strada
Bums lying on the street
I negri, la mafia e la droga
The n*groes, the mafia, and the drugs
Ai tempi miei
In my day
Così non fu mai
It was never like this
L'elenco ce l'ho
I have the list
I disfattisti, i comunisti, i pederasti
The defeatists, the communists, the f*ggots
Brava gente di età
Good elderly people
Oggi la plebaglia
Today the rabble
Sempre più canaglia si fa
Becomes more and more of a scoundrel
Ma finalmente verrà
But finally one will come
Uno che al paese
Someone who for the country
Le fondamenta farà
Will build its foundations
La barca sarà ripulita
The boat will be cleaned up
Da scioperi e dolce vita
From strikes and the sweet life
Sarò con lui
I'll be with him
Quel giorno, sai
That day, you know
Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh
Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh
L'elenco ce l'ho
I have the list
I disfattisti, i comunisti e i pederasti
The defeatists, the communists, and the f*ggots
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