Testi di Soakin' the Bone - Foghat

Soakin' the Bone (originale)

Where was Nero when Rome burned?
He wasn’t worried 'bout the flames
The cat didn’t play no fiddle, he had his mind on better games
He was down in the cellar with a girl he called B-Betty Lou
Drinking juice from the grape vine, Chianti BC '52
The Roman city was burnin', but Nero didn’t face it alone
He was soakin the bone
Just soakin' the bone
He was soakin' the bone
He was soakin' it
Napoleon he said to Josie, «I'm gonna rule the world for a start.»
Josephine said, «Hey Nappy, you’re crazy!
Would you rather shake it down Bonaparte?»
The world was there to be conquered, Napoleon, he couldn’t leave home
'Cause he was soakin' the bone
He was soakin' the bone
He was soakin' the bone
He was soakin' it
About the Spanish Armada, it didn’t faze Sir Francis Drake
20,000 gun-totin' galleons, but Frankie didn’t quiver or quake
He was down on the beach head, rollin' in the pebbles and stones
He was soakin' the bone
He was soakin' the bone
He was soakin' the bone
He was soakin' it
He was soakin' the bone
He was soakin' the bone
He was soakin' the bone
He was soakin' it
Oh
(Soakin the bone, gonna' wet the whistle a little bit)

(traduzione)

Dov'era Nerone quando Roma bruciò?
Non era preoccupato per le fiamme
Il gatto non giocava a violino, aveva in mente giochi migliori
Era in cantina con una ragazza che chiamava B-Betty Lou
Bere il succo della vite, Chianti BC '52
La città romana stava bruciando, ma Nerone non lo affrontò da solo
Stava inzuppando l'osso
Sto solo inzuppando l'osso
Stava inzuppando l'osso
Lo stava inzuppando
Napoleone disse a Josie: "Governerò il mondo per cominciare".
Josephine disse: «Ehi Pannolino, sei matto!
Preferiresti scuoterlo giù Bonaparte?»
Il mondo era lì per essere conquistato, Napoleone, non poteva uscire di casa
Perché stava inzuppando l'osso
Stava inzuppando l'osso
Stava inzuppando l'osso
Lo stava inzuppando
Riguardo all'Armada spagnola, non ha turbato Sir Francis Drake
20.000 galeoni carichi di cannoni, ma Frankie non ha tremato o tremato
Era sulla spiaggia, rotolando tra i ciottoli e le pietre
Stava inzuppando l'osso
Stava inzuppando l'osso
Stava inzuppando l'osso
Lo stava inzuppando
Stava inzuppando l'osso
Stava inzuppando l'osso
Stava inzuppando l'osso
Lo stava inzuppando
Oh
(Ammollo l'osso, bagnerò un po' il fischietto)