Il comportamento [English translation]

My grandfather is still my grandfather

He is still Ambrogio in every moment

I mean he doesn't have behavior problems.

But I'm not like Ambrogio

Integrity is not my cup of tea

To be comfortable

I need a role.

For example, when I'm in the countryside

And I lay a fire in the fireplace

Slowly I pick up the wood

And I move like a farmer.

And if I meet a woman on the train

I pretend to be austere and reserved

I act like the one who doesn't speak too much

But has behind him such a past.

And if it works well

If the role works

So I feel like I'm a person.

Sometimes I put my coat on

Grayish green like a soldier

I put it on and I fix my body inside it

And since I'm on it, I fix my thoughts too.

And if I'm reading Hegel

I focus, I'm all enthralled

Not from Hegel, of course

But from my academic charm.

And if it works well

If the role works

So I feel like I'm a person.

My grandfather chose a role for himself

And he doesn't change it in any moment

I mean he behaves in one way only.

Instead I always need

A new definition

After all everyone does it

It's an implicit convention.

But from today on I want to scream

That I've never been myself

And I state without discretion

That I act like a fool.

And if it works well

If the role works

So I feel like I'm a person.

If one day we'll look for

Who we really are

I guess

We wouldn't find anything.

• Artist:Giorgio Gaber