Come se fosse un gioco

Annotation — European Songs

Italy "Come se fosse un gioco"

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: It was at Peraro / For three days I was on strike / On the fourth I found out / That they had fired me. // They changed my life / As if it were a game / They killed me a little / They ruined me. // If I think of that boss / I tremble and behave / Now I sing and play / I don't feel like paying. // I chew gum and laugh / Like the Americans / And I sing songs / Of peace in Vietnam. // My comrades tell me / That I'm really good / They say I move them / When I sing of freedom. // I was a worker / I fought my fight / I gave it all I had / Who made me do it! __________ Italian: Era alla Peraro / tre giorni ho scioperato / il quarto ho saputo / che m'hanno licenzià. // Mi hanno cambiato vita / come se fosse un gioco / m'hanno ammazzato un poco / mi hanno rovinà. // Se penso quel padrone / tremo e resto buono / adesso canto e suono / pagare non mi va. // Mastico gomma e rido / come gli Americani / e canto le canzoni / di pace nel Vietnam. // Mi dicono i compagni / che sono proprio bravo / dicono che commuovo / se canto libertà. // Io ero un operaio / facevo la mia lotta / ce la mettevo tutta / chi me l'ha fatto far!

Notes

I Dischi del Sole DS 68, Serie Sperimentale, "Micro 33 giri" 7-inch, mono, Edizioni del Gallo, graphics Iliprandi, distributed by Vedette Records, October 1968; red-and-white Dischi del Sole label, "Canta e suona Alberto D'Amico", second guitar Paolo Ciarchi and Giovanna Marini. DS 68 A: Come se fosse un gioco (2'40"), Co' gerimo scolari freschi e beli (2'55"), Il mio partito saluta Mosca (3'15"); DS 68 B: El Grande Turco (2'22", music D'Amico on an anonymous popular text), Coca cola coca Costantino (2'), Quando sei smarrita (4'); all words and music by Alberto D'Amico. The sleeve insert "Sei canzoni d'uso per il dodicesimo disco" by M. L. Straniero gives the biography (born Venice 29 October 1943 to a family from Trapani; early songs recorded in Romano Perusini's Venice studio in January 1966, among them "Soldato yankee" and "Via dal Vietnam"; from right-wing militant to the far left…

About the artist

Alberto D'Amico, born in Venice on 29 October 1943 to a family newly arrived from Trapani, Sicily, began writing songs in Venetian dialect in 1965–66, recording first with the painter Romano Perusini and then through the Canzoniere popolare veneto (Gualtiero Bertelli, Luisa Ronchini) and the Nuovo Canzoniere Italiano; a former art-school student and technical draughtsman for the Comune di Venezia, he moved from the right to the far left and sang in student struggles, street demonstrations and shows such as "Gorizia, una guerra". "Il mio partito saluta Mosca" (1968) was his first record.

Themes

Anti-War

In collections

European Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]