Fabrizio De André - Il pescatore

Under the shadow of the last sun
fell asleep a fisherman
who had a furrow across his face
like a kind of smile

An assassin came to the beach
with eyes as big as a kid
two eyes enlarged by fear
they were mirrors of an ordeal

[Refrain] Instrumental

And he said to the old man: "Gimme bread
I have too much hunger and too few time"
And he said to the old man: "Gimme wine
I'm thirsty and I'm an assassin"

The old man opened his eyes to the light
he didn't even looked around
but he spilled wine and broke bred
for whom was thirsty and hungry

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And it was the warmth of a moment
then away again, towards the wind
then away again, towards the sun
behind the back a fisherman

Behind the back a fisherman
and memory is already pain
it's already the regret of an april
passed in the shadow of a yard

[Refrain]

Came on horseback two gendarmes
They came on horseback and armed
and they asked the old man if near there
an assassin passed by

But under the shadow of the last sun
fell asleep the fisherman
with a furrow across his face
like a kind of smile
with a furrow across his face
like a kind of smile

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