Paolo Conte
Miscellaneous
The Hanging Gardens Have Had Their Day
I look at a road... I
have never seen one like this
and I don't know where it ends up I can tell from here...
the bottom is shiny and dark
of a black already blue...
it takes you far away, it's safe, never been there...
Ah, those beautiful gardens there
will never be seen againâ¦
Look, the desert is tattooed:
lionesses and Zulus,
land of big yawns and bantù rattlesâ¦
The wind that will make everything disappear
in a moment the gardens will bring us backâ¦
Yes, those beautiful gardens over there
we will see them again hereâ¦
Hanging gardens: swing the dream that you have
like a palm tree, a bush, something you want...
and you see a road from above,
you look at it over there,
the bottom is shiny and dark, a black that is already blue...