Testi di Allentown - Billy Joel

Allentown (originale)

Well we’re living here in Allentown
And they’re closing all the factories down
Out in Bethlehem they’re killing time
Filling out forms
Standing in line.
Well our fathers fought the Second World War
Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore
Met our mothers at the USO
Asked them to dance
Danced with them slow
And we’re living here in Allentown.
But the restlessness was handed down
And it’s getting very hard to staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
aaaaaaah aaahhhhh ooooooooh ooooooh ohhhhhhh.
Well we’re waiting here in Allentown
For the Pennsylvania we never found
For the promises our teachers gave
If we worked hard
If we behaved.
So the graduations hang on the wall
But they never really helped us at all
No they never taught us what was real
Iron and coke
And chromium steel.
And we’re waiting here in Allentown.
But they’ve taken all the coal from the ground
And the union people crawled awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah aaaaaaaaaaah aaaaaah.
Every child had a pretty good shot
To get at least as far as their old man got.
Something happened on the way to that place
They threw an American flag in our face
aaaaaah aaaaaaaaaah faaaaaaaccccceee oh oh oh.
Well I’m living here in Allentown
And it’s hard to keep a good man down.
But I won’t be getting up todaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy
aaaaaaaaaaah aaaaaaaaaaah aaaaaaaaah.
aaaaaaah aaaaaaah aaaaaaah oh oh oh.
And it’s getting very hard to staaaaaaaaaaaaaay.
And we’re living here in Allentown.

(traduzione)

Bene, viviamo qui ad Allentown
E stanno chiudendo tutte le fabbriche
Fuori a Betlemme stanno ammazzando il tempo
Compilazione di moduli
Stare in fila.
Ebbene i nostri padri hanno combattuto la seconda guerra mondiale
Hanno trascorso i fine settimana sulla Jersey Shore
Abbiamo incontrato le nostre madri all'USO
Ho chiesto loro di ballare
Ho ballato con loro lentamente
E viviamo qui ad Allentown.
Ma l'inquietudine è stata tramandata
E sta diventando molto difficile staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
aaaaaaah aaahhhhh ooooooooh ooooooh ohhhhhhh.
Bene, stiamo aspettando qui ad Allentown
Per la Pennsylvania che non abbiamo mai trovato
Per le promesse fatte dai nostri insegnanti
Se abbiamo lavorato sodo
Se ci siamo comportati.
Quindi le graduazioni sono appese al muro
Ma non ci hanno mai aiutato davvero
No non ci hanno mai insegnato cosa fosse reale
Ferro e coca cola
E acciaio cromato.
E stiamo aspettando qui ad Allentown.
Ma hanno preso tutto il carbone da terra
E la gente del sindacato strisciava awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Ogni bambino ha avuto una buona possibilità
Per arrivare almeno fino a quanto è arrivato il loro vecchio.
È successo qualcosa sulla strada per quel posto
Ci hanno lanciato una bandiera americana in faccia
aaaaaah aaaaaaaaaah faaaaaaaccccceee oh oh oh.
Bene, vivo qui ad Allentown
Ed è difficile tenere a bada un brav'uomo.
Ma non mi alzerò fino aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
aaaaaaah aaaaaaah aaaaaaah oh oh oh.
E sta diventando molto difficile staaaaaaaaaaaaaay.
E viviamo qui ad Allentown.