Crosby Stills & Nash Tradotti

Abbiamo iniziato a pubblicare le lyrics tradotte di Graham Nash, cominciando dagli album solisti e di Crosby/Nash dagli esordi fino agli anni 80. Tra qualche giorno completeremo la discografia fino all'ultimo album Now, quindi restate nei paraggi!

Lo sappiamo, stiamo procedendo lentamente, ma questo perché non facciamo le traduzioni con il copia-incolla dall'AI come molti altri siti: quello che facciamo - non ci stancheremo mai di ribadirlo - è un lavoro d'amore e di cura. Prima di essere pubblicata, una traduzione viene riletta e corretta molte volte. Poi, si sa, di migliorare non si finisce mai! Ma per ogni canzone cerchiamo di arrivare alla versione italiana il più possibile definitiva per significato e scorrevolezza.

1986

Graham Nash

1. See You in Prague [Sigerson, Zito]

2. Keep Away from Me [Nash]

3. Innocent Eyes [Bliss]

4. Chippin' Away [Fedora]

5. Over the Wall [Nash]

6. Don't Listen to the Rumours [Palermo]

7. Sad Eyes [Nash]

8. Newday [Doerge, Nash]

9. Glass and Steel [Nash]

10. I Got a Rock [Nash]

With your innocent eyes

You’ve been telling me lies

You’ve been making a fool of me

If it’s all a disguise

I’ve been living a fantasy

You’re lying with your innocent eyes

This situation I can do without

So don’t trouble yourself to call, I just found you out

While your lying eyes are saying

You wanted only me

Your heart is with another

And you’re saying what you think I’ll believe

With your innocent eyes

You’ve been telling me lies

You’ve been making a fool of me

If it’s all a disguise

I’ve been living a fantasy

You’re lying with your innocent eyes

How did I ever believe you

It was no surprise

Ah, just one look and I fell

For your innocent eyes

You’re lying with your innocent eyes

You’ve telling me lies

You’ve been making a fool of me

You

You

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They say the mountain is high

And you’ll never move it

Ah, but before I believe that

They’ll just have to prove it

I have a hammer in my hand

And faith in my heart

I’ve already waited too long

And I’m ready to start

Chippin’ away, little by little, day by day

Chippin’ away, and the walls will come tumbling down

Oh, what a wonderful sound

There is a wall around the church

And a wall around the prison

I think the wall around your heart, baby

Is blocking out your vision

So put a hammer in your hand

And faith in your heart

You’ve already waited too long

Aren’t you ready to start?

Chippin’ away, little by little, day by day

Chippin’ away, and the walls will come tumbling down

Oh, what a wonderful sound

 

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Saw it in the summertime

It was grey and dirty

Concrete and barbed wire cutting through the city

Break on through to the other side

Was written in graffiti

The wall was long and it was high

Isn't it a pity that you and I

Learned to cry before we learned to crawl

We've only just come far enough to fall

And all the world is watching over the wall

Mines and machine guns

Try to keep the people down

Passport policemen

Try to keep the others in

How long can this go on?

Keeping everyone apart

Tear all the fences down

Tear down the wall around your heart

It's up to everyone

So start, it really can be done

Take part

The battle can be won over the wall

Over the wall

Over the wall

How bad has it got to be

If they wanna get over here

How good has it got to be

If they have to keep 'em there

Let everybody go

Stop feeding all the fears

Let everybody know

There's got to be some way out of here

Over the wall

Over the wall

Over the wall

Over the wall

 

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Empty eyes meet mine in the moonlight

You're thinking that it's all true

I wanna talk but I can't get the words right

I can tell that it's killing you

But I don't know what we're gonna do

So don't, don't listen to the rumours

Now who's been talking to you anyway

Don't listen to the rumours

You don't wanna know what they're saying

Silk stockings and a call from a stranger

I know that it don't seem right

I'm not gonna say that I've been an angel

Just to get you through the night

But I think it's time we got things right

So don listen to the rumours

Now who's been talking to you anyway

(He's been fooling you)

Don't listen to the rumours

You don't wanna know what they're saying

What's all this talk about truth and devotion

Is there anything you're sorry for?

I think it's time we got it out in the open

If it's just a thing you can't ignore

'Cause you're the only thing I'm living for

So don't, don't listen to the rumours

Now who's been talking to you anyway

(He's been fooling you)

Don't listen to the rumours

You don't wanna know what they're saying

Don't listen to the rumours

(You poor girl, it's time you found out)

Now who's been talking to you anyway

Don't listen to the rumours

(I saw him last night)

You don't wanna know what they're saying

Don't listen to the rumours

(Don't you know what he's been doing)

Don't listen to the rumours

(He's been fooling you)

Don't listen to the rumours

(You poor girl, it's time you found out)

Don't listen to the rumours

(I saw him last night)

 

* * * *

Here in this room of glass and steel

With the TV and the tube I'm watching with my eyes

Things are getting spacier, quelle surprise

From the bar the circus calls

Check the smile and crawl the halls

It all comes back to me

With the life of a rock and roll refugee

And it's hard

Yes it's hard to understand just where you've gone

And I know that coming down can't be much fun any more

And I hope you find the strength to carry on

When will we ever learn?

It's all too much

It's such a burn when it all goes up in flames

The trick is trying to balance all the pleasure and the pains

And it's hard

Yes it's hard to understand just where you've gone

And I know that coming down can't be much fun any more

Still I hope you find the strength to carry on

In this world of flesh and bone

Check the girl and wander home alone, it's all the same

I'm sick and tired and tired and sick of playing all these games

And it's hard, so hard

Glass and steel, glass and steel

Glass and steel

 

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1980

Graham Nash

1. Earth & Sky [Nash]

2. Love Has Come [Nash]

3. Out On The Island [Nash]

4. Skychild [Nash]

5. Helicopter Song [Nash]

6. Barrel of Pain [Nash]

7. TV Guide [Nash, Vitale]

8. It's All Right [Nash]

9. Magical Child [Nash]

10. In the 80's [Nash]

Late last night

Did I dream?

Over the hill and far away

They wanted to live in pleasure

They wanted to live above the plains

Holier than thou

Banking on a cloud

Never coming down to earth and sky

Did I dream

So late at night?

I saw dinosaurs and sabre tooth

Gambling with the treasure

Nobody home to tell the truth

Holier than thou

Banking on a cloud

Never coming down to earth and sky

Down to earth and sky

I awake, I awake

I think I'm safe in my room

All my fading dreams just take a bow

They're bending before the future

Holier than thou

Banking on a cloud

Never coming down to earth and sky

Earth and sky

Earth and sky

Earth and sky

* * * *

Love has come and taken me out of my mind

I've got so much to find out, so much to give out

So much to take in, and pass on again

The sun has come, awaking me out of my dream

I've got someone to lean on, talk to and turn on

Talk to and turn on

Love can find you, love can find you

You've got to be there

Love can find you, love can find you

You've got to be there, someone will care

You have come, fulfilling me, taking me over my head

All of my love is with you, part of my soul is in you

Taking me higher

Love can find you, love can find you

You've got to be there

Love can find you, love can find you

You've got to be there, someone will care

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