There was a band in an old cellar
he was playing music since three o'clock
there was a band in a dark cellar
he was playing music for you too
closed the door and the mattress to dab
after having wired and well tuned
the amp starts, you tune in there
where the sound is most spectacular
the impact of the crazy snake sound
floor after floor he banged on the doors
disturbing the digestion
of a gray afternoon
Amplified shock wave
expanded in the neighborhood
like a crazy pinball machine
it bounced through the streets
a few chords, how powerful
and the cone how painful
The boys on motorbikes
stopped to listen
the elderly women on the balconies instead
/>they began to curse
friends with a few lire in their pockets
passing by to listen
with bold cartoonish grins
among smoke, sweat and a deadly stench
local music in piped music
reaches as far as the municipal building
Amplified shock wave
expanded in the neighborhood
like a pinball machine gone mad
ricocheted through the streets
a few chords that power