Hey, Dad, listen to me
do you remember that time we went cycling
with tired bicycles, with dirty and empty hands
we were like brothers, as alike as two wheels
do you remember on Sundays you took me to the stadium
that time you picked me up with the stands under siege
people were running away, it looked like a guerrilla
I looked like a little oyster and you were my big shell

Hey, Dad, in the evening on television
we watched everything and nothing with your champion zapping
and mom would sigh, and we would argue
we were so alike yet we didn't understand each other
we, confused by life and work
by a life that wasn't chosen but seemed golden to us
black & white like a 1930s film
even though you did many things to me, my flame hasn't gone out
and I'm here singing with your blood in my veins
you did many things to me but I love you

Hey, Mom, look at me now
still the same son even if we don't talk often
like when I was a child and you seemed like my sister
I saw you among others and you were always the most beautiful
I remember we were practically always together
your only mission was to make me feel good
even when things weren't all right
you looked at me smiling and suffered in secret
and when summer came we always went to the sea
with the car without a radio, we would sing ourselves
songs by Bennato, Battisti, and De Gregori
we were on the asphalt but it felt like among flowers
and then in the evening I never wanted to sleep
and even if you were tired you would come to cuddle me
and even now that we don't spend much time together
I think of those golden moments when I need to feel good
time passes, we grow up in an instant
but you are still my most important voice

How many times I thought of you in the most important moments
when alone on a stage I faced my giants
when in the car at night with Europe to discover
pretending to be fine so as not to make you worry
how many times I said enough but who makes me do it
but then thinking of you I could never give up
this life of hopes but full of emotions
this life that I often tell in my songs
something that goes beyond reality
and that will never end

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