Gregori Francesco
Miscellaneous
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bill (Francesco De Gregori)
The country was very young
The soldiers on horseback were its defense
The bright green of the prairie
it was a clear reminder of the existence of God
Of the God who plans the frontier
and builds the railroad
At that time I was a boy
who played rummy and whistled at women
A romantic hero
with a man's moustache
If I had been able to choose between life and death,
between life and death I would have America was chosen
Between the buffalo and the locomotive
The difference is obvious
The locomotive has a marked road
The buffalo can swerve to the side and fall
This decided the fate of the buffalo,
the future of my mustache and my profession
And now I want to tell you
there are those who kill to steal
and there are those kills for love
the hunter always kills to play
I killed to be the best
My father was a cow guardian
my mother was a farmer
I was the only son, almost as blond as Jesus
I was a few years old
and twenty years seems young
then you turn to look at them and you can't find them anymore
And in fact I remember a sad afternoon
I with my friend Rubber-Ass, famous mechanic
on the side of a road contemplating America
decrease in horsepower, increase in optimism
they presented me with my fiftieth birthday
br/>and a contract with the Pace-e-Bene circus to tour Europe
And I signed with my name
and I signed and my name was Buffalo Bill