Original | Versione italiana di Riccardo Venturi
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THE WAR OF CONDITIONING | LA GUERRA DEL CONDIZIONAMENTO |
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When she was a baby girl they gave her a doll | Da bambina le diedero una bambola |
And they gave him a motor car and a tiny soldier boy | mentre a lui diedero un’automobilina e un soldatino. |
And they sent them out in the day's sun to play | Li mandarono fuori a giocare, al sole del giorno |
And what they'd become would take many years to make. | e ci vollero anni per farli diventare così. |
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Chorus | Coro : |
In the war of conditioning, where they never use a gun | Nella guerra del condizionamento, dove mai si usano armi |
They only use people who fit in their plan | non fanno altro che usare chi rientra nei loro piani. |
And those by the wayside have a long way to go | Chi è ai margini della strada deve fare un lungo cammino, |
It's just not proper to stray from the foe. | e certo non è conveniente distoglierlo dal nemico. |
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Then they took away her doll and they gave her a home | Poi, a lei, tolsero la bambola e le diedero una casa, |
And they took away his motor can and gave him a gun | mentre a lui tolsero l’automobilina e gli diedero un’arma |
And they sent them out in the day's sun to run | e li mandarono ancora fuori, a correre nel sole del giorno, |
Running away from what they had become. | ad allontanarsi da quel che erano diventati. |
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Then they took away her home and they gave her a rocking chair | Poi, a lei, tolsero la casa e le diedero una sedia a dondolo, |
And they took away his gun and they gave him a walking cane | mentre a lui tolsero l’arma e gli diedero un bastone |
And they sent them out in the day's sun to mourn | e li mandarono fuori, a piangere nel sole del giorno, |
Mourn for a freedom that they'd never known. | a piangere per una libertà che non avevano mai conosciuto. |
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