Translation of Volevo Essere Un Duro, Lucio Corsi

I wished I were a badass

(translation of Volevo Essere Un Duro, Lucio Corsi)

I wished I were a badass
The one who doesn’t care about the future
A robot, a sumo wrestler
A smuggler escaping from a wolfhound
At the Bolo station
A goose that lays golden eggs

But I’m no one
I wasn’t born with a tough face
I’m even afraid of the dark
If I catch the fade, I take the beatings
So they make my eyes up black
But I never wasted time
It’s time that left me behind

Living the life is a piece of cake
My mother used to tell me
And I fell down from the trees
How hard the world is for the normal ones
Who have little love around
Or too much sun in the glasses

I wished I were a badass
The one who doesn’t care about the future
A robot, gold medal in spitting
The burglar who waits for you in the dark
The King of Porta Portese
The magpie that steals your wedding ring

Living the life is a piece of cake
My mother used to tell me
And I fell down from the trees
How hard the world is for the normal ones
Who have little love around
Or too much sun in the glasses

I wished I were a badass
But I’m no one
White belt of Judo
Instead of a star, a sneeze
Sunflowers with glasses told me
“Beware of the light”
And that moons without holes are scams
Because it’s useless to run away
From your fears

Living the life is a piece of cake

I, I wished I were a badass
But I’m no one
I’m nothing but Lucio
I’m nothing but Lucio

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Translation by Dario Migliorini

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