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Il Colosso

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Il Colosso

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No to tyranny

He shall not have his pleasure

The goodness shall prevail

No to fillany

He'll save our greatest treasure

In this we can not

In this we can not fail

My dearest daughter

Will no-one save her

Ah, my kingdom

He offers half his kingdom

And no-one dare to save me from the hassles

I will

Now all the world is waiting (all)

The maiden I must save (the world is)

Don't wait, no hesitating (waiting)

If only I were brave (and now is the hour)

This time I must be the hero

It's my call, that's my fate

It's everything or nothing

Look out he's coming through

I'll save you princess

Puny peasants

No

Behold the giant

He stands out proud, defiant

The princess shall be mine

She will be mine

Who next?

Hey you up there, with the b-b-beard

Oh, I was made of freedom

Nobody pulls my strings

A knight can equal any man

In all the grown up things

Oh, I was made of mischief

They tell me I must learn

But nothing is coincidence

Whichever way I turn

And I will do or die

For I know one thing after all

The bigger any giant comes

The harder he may fall

My hero

He saved me

My hero, my hero, my hero, my hero, my hero, my hero

Hail the hero

At last we have a hero

So I'm told he is only a p-p-p-peasant

Only a peasant

He's nothing but a peasant

He's so daring and handsome and charming

But a peasant - how very alarming

He's so clever and brave and heroic

But those peasants, they're all protozoic

Altogether we dance and play

We're bright and gay, aloud, hooray

Altogether we greet the day

Colossus is no more

Altogether we celebrate the very hills reverberate

To the heavens we elevate

The hero we adore

All of a sudden the world is light

The sun is up and shining bright

All of a sudden the birds do sing

And spring is at the door

All together in harmony

In chorus song and symphony

All together the angels sing

The giant is no more

What are we made of

Can we know what we will be

What are the chances

I can find a better path

A better life

A better me

What are we made of

Is it written in the sand

Where are we sailing

To a strange and distant land

Take my hand and sail with me

What are we made of

If you think you know the answer

Turn around, think again

No! A monster

A fire breathing monster

At last we are undone

Hail the general

He'll make his work indelible

And now the chosen fun

Has begun

Stand for justice

Stand for honour

Stand with courage (we will)

Stand with valour (we will)

Ahh-ahhh, ahh-ahhh

Ahh-ahh-ahh

Ahh-ahhh, ahh-ahhh

Ahh-ahh-ahh

Hail the general

Here comes the mighty general

He will tend to

He must tend to

He must tend to

Oh, I was made of

So I was made of

I am made of

What are we made of

Just for this moment take your life into your hands

You will decide

What you are made of

What it is that I can be

Think again, my friend

Turn around, think again

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