Up Patriots to Arms [English translation]

The population's fantasy that's finally come to us

Didn't fall from heaven...

Rise up stupid people,the river's overflowing

And empty heads are floating

And it's not my fault if there are executioners

There is imbecility

And park benches are full of

Alienated people

Chorus*Up patriots to arms

Engage yourself

Contemporary music gets me down

The Ayatollah Khomeini , for many he's a saint

You always bite the bait

You build the barricades in plazas for the middle classes

Which creates false legends of progress

Who do you think we are, don't judge use by our hair

We are just fireflies waiting in the darkness

Chorus

The capital of music finally comes to us

Full of lies

All the art directors, let's send them in retirement

And all the culture clubs

And it's not my fault if there are so many spectacles

With lasers and smoke machines

And if the stages are full of

ungraceful idiots

Chorus

Gets me down

Up patriots to arms

Engage yourself

• Artist:Franco Battiato
• Album:Patriots