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Artist: Battiato Franco
Canonical path: /battiato-franco/mal-de-africa
Related lyric paths: 6
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Mal de Africa
Read Mal de Africa lyrics by Battiato Franco on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Mal de Africa
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Dopo pranzo si andava a riposare
Cullati dalle zanzariere e dai rumori di cucina;
Dalle finestre un po' socchiuse spiragli contro il soffitto,
E qualche cosa di astratto si impossessava di me.
Sentivo parlare piano per non disturbare,
Ed era come un mal d'africa, mal d'africa.
Saturday night i'm a dreamer,
I can't live without you
On my own, lies a photograph,
Please come back and stand by me.
Con le sedie seduti per la strada,
Pantaloncini e canottiere, col caldo che faceva.
Da una finestra di ringhiera mio padre si pettinava;
I'odore di brillantina si impossessava di me.
Piacere di stare insieme solo per criticare
Ed era come un mal d'africa, mal d'africa.
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Battiato Franco performs "Mal de Africa", and this lyric page sits inside the Battiato Franco catalog on LyroVerse.
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