Il conformista [English translation]

I am

a new man

so new that I haven't even been a fascist anymore for quite some time

I'm sensitive and altruistic

orientalistic

and in the past I had been

a bit 1968-nostalgic

environmentalist since quite some time

some years ago, in the general euphoria I had felt

a bit socialist, like basically everyone.

I am

a new man

Of course, I say it verbatim: I'm a progressive

at the same time liberalist

anti-racist

and I'm very good

I'm an animal right activist

I'm not pro-State Aid anymore

lately, I've been a little against the tide

I'm a federalist.

The conformist

is one who usually is always in the right,

the conformist has all the answers clear inside their mind

they're a heap of opinions

they hold two or three newspapers under their arm

and when they feel like thinking, they think by hearsay

maybe, like a good opportunist

they adjust without paying attention to it and they live in their own paradise.

The conformist

is an all-around man who moves without consistency 1 ,

the conformist trains to slide inside the sea of majority

they're a very common animal

that feeds on conversation words

by night they dream and dreams of other dreamers come out

by day, their party starts

which is staying at peace with the world

and making their way floating

the conformist

the conformist.

I am

a new man

and I have an extraordinary relationship with women, I'm a feminist

I'm available and positive

pro-EU

I never raise my voice

I'm a pacifist

I used to be marxist-leninist

and after sometime, I don't know why, I found myself

Catholic Communist.

The conformist

hasn't understood well that they bounce around better than a ball

the advanced aerostat conformist

who is inflated by information

is the result of a species

that always flies at a low altitude on the surface

then grazes the world with a finger and feels fulfilled,

they live and this is already enough for them

and I have to say that by now

they look a lot like all of us

the conformist

the conformist.

I am

a new man

so new that you can see at first glance I'm the new conformist.

1. not sure, but I think he means that the conformist moves as if they were immaterial, without a friction because they don't have a personality or opinions, they just go with the flow passively

• Artist:Giorgio Gaber