Testi di Shooting Star - Harry Chapin

Shooting Star (originale)

He was crazy of course
From the first she must have known it
But still she went on with him
And she never once had shown it
And she took him off the streets
And she dried his tears of grievin’g
She listened to his visions
She believed in his believin'
Ah, he was the sun burning bright and brittle
And she was the moon shining back his light a little
He was a shooting star
She was softer and more slowly
He could not make things possible
But, she could make them holy, holy…
He was dancin' to some music
No one else had ever heard
He’d speak in unknown languages
She’d translate every word
And when the world was laughing
At his castles in the sky
She’d hold him in her body
And he once again would fly
Ah, he was the sun burning bright and brittle
And she was the moon shining back his light a little
He was a shooting star
She was softer and more slowly
He could not make things possible
But, she could make them holy, holy…
But she gave him a daughter
And she gave him a son
She was a mother, and a wife
And a lover when the day was done
Well, he was too far gone for giving love
What he’d offer in its stead
Was the knowledge she was the only thing
That was not in his head
He took off East one morning
In the rising sun’s red glow
She knew he was going nowhere
But of course she let him go
As she stood and watched him dwindle
Much too empty to be sad
He reappeared beside her and said
«You're all I’ve ever had»
Ah, he was the sun burning bright and brittle
And she was the moon shining back his light a little
He was a shooting star
She was softer and more slowly
He could not make things possible
But, she could make them holy
Ah, he was the sun burning bright and brittle
And she was the moon shining back his light a little
He was a shooting star
She was softer and more slowly
He could not make things possible
But, she could make them holy
Holy…

(traduzione)

Ovviamente era pazzo
Fin dall'inizio doveva averlo saputo
Ma lei ha continuato con lui
E lei non l'aveva mai mostrato
E lei lo ha portato via dalle strade
E lei asciugò le sue lacrime di lutto
Ha ascoltato le sue visioni
Lei credeva nel suo credere
Ah, era il sole che bruciava luminoso e fragile
E lei era la luna che rallegrava un po' la sua luce
Era una stella cadente
Era più morbida e più lenta
Non poteva rendere le cose possibili
Ma lei potrebbe renderli santi, santi...
Stava ballando con un po' di musica
Nessun altro aveva mai sentito
Parlerebbe in lingue sconosciute
Tradurrebbe ogni parola
E quando il mondo rideva
Ai suoi castelli nel cielo
Lo avrebbe tenuto nel suo corpo
E lui volò ancora una volta
Ah, era il sole che bruciava luminoso e fragile
E lei era la luna che rallegrava un po' la sua luce
Era una stella cadente
Era più morbida e più lenta
Non poteva rendere le cose possibili
Ma lei potrebbe renderli santi, santi...
Ma lei gli ha dato una figlia
E lei gli ha dato un figlio
Era una madre e una moglie
E un amante quando la giornata era finita
Bene, era andato troppo lontano per dare amore
Cosa offrirebbe al suo posto
Sapevo che era l'unica cosa
Non era nella sua testa
Una mattina è decollato verso est
Nel bagliore rosso del sole nascente
Sapeva che non stava andando da nessuna parte
Ma ovviamente lo ha lasciato andare
Mentre si alzava e lo guardava svanire
Troppo vuoto per essere triste
Riapparve accanto a lei e disse
«Sei tutto ciò che ho mai avuto»
Ah, era il sole che bruciava luminoso e fragile
E lei era la luna che rallegrava un po' la sua luce
Era una stella cadente
Era più morbida e più lenta
Non poteva rendere le cose possibili
Ma lei potrebbe renderli santi
Ah, era il sole che bruciava luminoso e fragile
E lei era la luna che rallegrava un po' la sua luce
Era una stella cadente
Era più morbida e più lenta
Non poteva rendere le cose possibili
Ma lei potrebbe renderli santi
Santo…