Campaigner / Candidato
I am a lonely visitor
I came to late to cause a stir
Though I campaigned all my life towards that goal
I hardly slept the night you wept
Our secret's safe and still well kept
Where even Richard Nixon has got soul
Even Richard Nixon has got soul
The podium rocks in the crowded waves
The speaker talks of the beautiful saves
That went down long before he played this role
For the hotel queens and the magazines
Test tube genes and slot machines
Where even Richard Nixon got soul
Even Richard Nixon has got it, soul
Hospitals have made him cry
But there's always a free way in his eye
Though his beach just got too crowded for his stroll
Roads stretch out like healthy veins
And wild gift horses strain the reins
Where even Richard Nixon has got soul
Even Richard Nixon has got soul
I am a lonely visitor
I came to late to cause a stir
Though I campaigned all my life towards that goal
* * * *
Evening comes to early for a stroll
Down neon streets the streaker streaks
The speaker speaks but the truth still leaks
Where even Richard Nixon has got soul
Even Richard Nixon has got it, soul
I came to late to cause a stir
Though I campaigned all my life towards that goal
I hardly slept the night you wept
Our secret's safe and still well kept
Where even Richard Nixon has got soul
Even Richard Nixon has got soul
The podium rocks in the crowded waves
The speaker talks of the beautiful saves
That went down long before he played this role
For the hotel queens and the magazines
Test tube genes and slot machines
Where even Richard Nixon got soul
Even Richard Nixon has got it, soul
Hospitals have made him cry
But there's always a free way in his eye
Though his beach just got too crowded for his stroll
Roads stretch out like healthy veins
And wild gift horses strain the reins
Where even Richard Nixon has got soul
Even Richard Nixon has got soul
I am a lonely visitor
I came to late to cause a stir
Though I campaigned all my life towards that goal
* * * *
Sono un visitatore solitario
Sono arrivato tardi per suscitare scalpore
Anche se ho candidato tutta la mia vita a questo scopo
Non ho quasi dormito la notte in cui hai pianto
Il nostro segreto è al sicuro e ben custodito
Se persino Richard Nixon ha un'anima
Persino Richard Nixon ha un'anima
Il podio oscilla tra le ondate della folla
L'annunciatore parla dei bellissimi salvataggi
Avvenuti molto prima che lui recitasse questo ruolo
Per le regine degli hotel e le riviste
I geni in provetta e le slot machines
Se persino Richard Nixon ha un'anima
Persino Richard Nixon ce l'ha, un'anima
Gli ospedali lo hanno fatto piangere
Ma nei suoi occhi c'è sempre una strada libera
Anche se la sua spiaggia s’è fatta troppo affollata per la sua passeggiata
Le strade si estendono come vene in piena salute
E selvaggi cavalli donati strappano le redini
Se persino Richard Nixon ha un'anima
Persino Richard Nixon ha un'anima
Sono un visitatore solitario
Sono arrivato tardi per suscitare scalpore
Anche se ho candidato tutta la mia vita a questo scopo
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VERSI AGGIUNTIVI
Versione originale 1976
[Fonte: Hitchhiker]
Traffic cops are all color blind
People steal from their own kindEvening comes to early for a stroll
Down neon streets the streaker streaks
The speaker speaks but the truth still leaks
Where even Richard Nixon has got soul
Even Richard Nixon has got it, soul
* * * *
I poliziotti della stradale sono tutti daltonici
Le persone rubano ai loro simili
La sera arriva troppo presto per una passeggiata
Per le strade illuminate al neon c'è chi corre nudo
L'annunciatore parla ma la verità viene a galla
Se persino Richard Nixon ha un'anima
Persino Richard Nixon ce l'ha, un'anima
Le persone rubano ai loro simili
La sera arriva troppo presto per una passeggiata
Per le strade illuminate al neon c'è chi corre nudo
L'annunciatore parla ma la verità viene a galla
Se persino Richard Nixon ha un'anima
Persino Richard Nixon ce l'ha, un'anima