IL CIELO SOPRA BERLINO Lyrics in English Tamango

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song IL CIELO SOPRA BERLINO by Tamango from Italian to English.
Non son altro che un'ombra cinese
I'm nothing but a Chinese shadow
Adombrato dalle mie maniere
Overshadowed by my manners
Sotto i fari di questa Mercedes
Under the headlights of this Mercedes
Che mi fanno sembrare scortese
That make me seem rude
Non son altro che un'ombra cinese
I'm nothing but a Chinese shadow
Adombrato dalle mie maniere
Overshadowed by my manners
Sotto i fari di questa Mercedes
Under the headlights of this Mercedes
Che mi fanno sembrare scortese
That make me seem rude
Bevo un bicchiere di sabbia
I drink a glass of sand
Che invece di toglierla mi mette sete
That instead of removing it makes me thirsty
Sbaglio di poco il canestro
I miss the basket by a hair
E quel senso di rabbia va sul marciapiede
And that feeling of anger goes to the sidewalk
Intanto coi denti digrigno parole
Meanwhile I gnash words with my teeth
Che sono solo delle offese
That are nothing but insults
Mi chiedo se a furia di urlarci contro
I wonder if by dint of yelling at each other
Avremo un po' di quiete
We'll have some peace
Ma dai, tra due anni di me che dirai?
Come on, in two years what will you say about me?
Sarò l'amante deludente che racconti alle tue amiche
I'll be the disappointing lover you tell your friends about
Ma forse manco mi ricorderai, dai
But maybe you won't even remember me, come on
Non son altro che un'ombra cinese
I'm nothing but a Chinese shadow
Adombrato dalle mie maniere
Overshadowed by my manners
Sotto i fari di questa Mercedes
Under the headlights of this Mercedes
Che mi fanno sembrare scortese
That make me seem rude
Conosco un uomo di Berlino
I know a man from Berlin
Mi giura su sua madre
He swears by his mother
Che ore prima ha fatto a pugni con un angelo
That hours before he got into a fistfight with an angel
Ci ho provato a dire che erano cazzate
I tried to say it was bullshit
Ma l'ho visto dietro l'angolo
But I saw him around the corner
Con le ali insanguinate
With bloody wings
Vado mi dico lo ascolto
I go, I tell myself, I listen to him
Gli offro da bere, cosa vi porto?
I'll buy him a drink, what shall I get you?
Pago quella bottiglia di Porto
I pay for that bottle of Port
Ne beve un sorso, poi un altro sorso
He takes a sip, then another sip
Alla biondina che ci guarda storto
To the blonde who looks at us askance
Il jukebox si lamenta con Blue Room di Chet Baker
The jukebox complains with Chet Baker's Blue Room
Lui c'ha il corpo di chi non si vuole bene
He's got the body of someone who doesn't love himself
Gli è crollato il cielo addosso
The sky has fallen on him
E adesso è un vagabondo
And now he's a vagabond
Un clandestino senza pace e senza mondo
An illegal immigrant without peace and without a world
Ma poi mi stringe il polso sussurrandomi all'orecchio
But then he squeezes my wrist and whispers in my ear
Ci sarà sempre in fondo chi sta peggio
There will always be someone worse off at the end
Non son altro che un'ombra cinese
I'm nothing but a Chinese shadow
Adombrato dalle mie maniere
Overshadowed by my manners
Sotto i fari di questa Mercedes
Under the headlights of this Mercedes
Che mi fanno sembrare scortese
That make me seem rude
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