Se io fossi un angelo [English translation]

If I was an angel

Who knows what I would do

Tall, blonde, invisible

How handsome I would be

And what courage I would have

Exploit me to the maximum

It's clear what I'd want

A free gypsy

The whole would spin round

I'd go to Afghanistan

And further down in South Africa

To speak to America

And if they don't pull me down,

I'd also go and speak to the Russians

Angel, if I was an angel

I'd fix them with a biblical gaze

I'll give you two hours, two hours maximum

Then, I would piss on your head

On your traffic

On your dollars (dollars)

On your beautiful fabrics

Like missiles, like missiles

If I was an angel, I would never be in the processions

In the boxes, with the cribs

I'd be sat smoking a Marlboro (cigarette)

In the fresh air, by the hedges

I would be a good angel, I would talk with God

I'd lovingly work him round to my style, my style

I'd speak to him in my style, and I would say

"What would you like to give me?"

"Power over the villains, and what do you do, forgive them"

But now you too make mistakes

But after, I wouldn't speak any more

An angel, I wouldn't be an angel any more

If they beat me down with a football

At most, I would be a devil

And frankly, this doesn't really suit me

But after hell what is there

Apart from the heat

It's not that different from here

Because I feel that, I'm sure that

I know that the angels are millions upon millions

And you can't see them in the sky, but amongst men

They are the most poor and the most alone

Those taken from society

And if amongst the men God was born again

I'd work him round to my style

To my style

To my style...

• Artist:Lucio Dalla
• Album:Bugie