Saigon

Annotation

"Saigon"

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: Young woman from Vietnam / How strange it is to cultivate the sea / How many flowers has it already given you / How many more will it give you / From here to Saigon the road is good / Free land, black land / This autumn you will change color / With the wind will come the rain / That will fall without wetting your heart / From here to Saigon the road is good / There is my son who has big eyes / When he looks towards the South / There is the sunset that caresses him / When he looks towards the South / From here to Saigon the road is good / Look for the sky through the branches / Look for the sky and you will find it / Sun rises and the sun dies / And the sky never changes / From here to Saigon it never changes / Look for the sky through the branches / Look for the sky and you will find it / Sun rises and the sun dies / And the sky never changes / Look for the sky through the branches / Look for the sky you will find it / Sun rises and the sun dies / And the sky never changes / From here to Saigon never changes / From here to Saigon never changes __________ Italian: Donna giovane del Vietnam / Com'è strano coltivare il mare / Quanti fiori ti ha dato già / Quanti altri te ne potrà dare / Da qui a Saigon la strada è buona / Terra libera, terra nera / Quest'autunno cambierai colore / Con il vento sarà la pioggia / Che cadrà senza bagnarti il cuore / Da qui a Saigon la strada è buona / C'è mio figlio che ha occhi grandi / Quando guarda verso Sud / C'è il tramonto che lo…

Notes

Released April 1973. Label 'It' (RCA-distributed; manufactured by RCA S.p.A.). Arranged/mixed/produced by Edoardo De Angelis with De Gregori. Recorded at Studio 38, Roma; mixed at Studio Re-Recording 1, Roma. Engineers Aurelio Rossitto, Ivano Casoni. Artwork Alvise Sacchi; photography Giorgio Lo Cascio. Many reissues exist (1974, 1976, 1978 LPs; CDs). From the April 1973 album Alice non lo sa; addressed to a young Vietnamese woman and her son on the road to Saigon.

Themes

Saigon · Vietnamese Perspective · Child

In collections

European Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]