Age Of Oil

David Rovics

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Original	Versione italiana di Kiocciolina
AGE OF OIL	L'ERA DEL PETROLIO

It was as if there was a contest	Era come se ci fosse una gara
To see how many holes could be dug	Capire quante buche potevano essere scavate
To see how much of it could be sucked from the ground	Capire da quante di queste si sarebbe potuto succhiare dal terreno
To kill off every beetle and bug	Uccidere ogni scarafaggio ed ogni insetto
To kill off every woman and child	Uccidere ogni donna ed ogni bambino
To kill off every man	Uccidere ogni uomo
And they put it all in barrels	E poi metterlo tutto in delle botti
Then they put the barrels into cans	Poi mettere le botti in delle taniche
That’s how it was at the end of the age of oil	Ecco com'era alla fine dell'era del petrolio

It was like a competition	Era come una gara
To see how big everything could get	Capire quanto grande potesse diventare ogni cosa
From the highways to the strip malls	Dalle autostrade ai centri commerciali
To the giant TV sets	Ai televisori
From the MOABs to the draglines	Dalle MOAB* ai canali di estrazione
Monster trucks and SUVs	Autocarri mostruosi e SUV
And the massive roaring chainsaws	E le enormi motoseghe assordanti
That cut down all the trees	Che abbattono tutti gli alberi

That’s...	Ecco..

It was like they were trying to see	Era come se stessero cercando di capire
How many garbage dumps they could fill	Quante discariche potevano riempire
How many flagpoles they could squeeze	Quante aste della bandiera potevano schiacciare
Onto a single windowsill	Su di un solo davanzale
How many countries could be bombed	Quanti paesi potevano essere bombardati
How much black gold they could drill	Quanto oro nero potevano trivellare
How much coal could they extract	Quanto carbone potevano estrarre
If they just blew up the hills	Se solo avessero fatto esplodere le colline
That’s...	Ecco...

It was as if there was some kind of test	Era come se ci fosse una specie di prova
And the only way to pass	Ed il solo modo per superarla
Was to turn the planet’s atmosphere	FOsse cambiare l'atmosfera del pianeta
Into a cloud of poison gas	In una nube di gas velenoso
It was like the only thing that mattered	Era come se la sola cosa che importasse
Was the death of life on Earth	Fosse la morte della vita sulla Terra
That seemed to be the proof	Che sembrava essere la prova
That you had made your money’s worth	Che avevi fatto valere il tuo denaro
That’s...	Ecco..

And now here we are	Ed ora siamo qui
Rotting in this bubble	In decomposizione in questa bolla
And I’m looking at my grandchildren	E sto vedendo i miei nipoti
Framed in by the rubble	Circondati dalle macerie
Wondering what I coulda done	Mi domando cosa avrei potuto fare
To avert this fate	Per allontanare questo destino
But I was too busy playing concerts	Ma ero troppo occupato a tenere concerti
Saying fuck isn’t life great	Dicendo Fanculo, non è grande la vita?
That’s...	Ecco...

	* MOAB= Massive Ordinance Air Blast Bomb

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