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davide tommaso ferrando - no room for me lyrics

i was born in the northside streets
what they now call nolo in the plans
dad fixed bikes, ma cleaned hotels
we built our dreams with blistered hands
then the cranes came crawling out of the ground
steel and glass where the bars once stood
they said, “the city’s shining now!” —
but it never shined the way it should

now the lucky ones stayed, the ones who owned
they watched their walls turn into gold
and the rest of us, well, we packed our bags
told the tram goodbye, and hit the road

come on, baby, the city’s on fire
from porta nuova’s glass to the old steel wire
they’re selling dreams at a price too high
for hearts like ours to ever buy
the towers are rising, the lights are clean
citylife’s built for a richer dream
we were born to love this town so deep —
but milano’s got no room for me

now i rent a flat past cascina merlata
a concrete sprawl where the city ends
it’s cheap, it’s quiet, it’s safe, i guess —
but it don’t feel like where i’ve been
downtown shines like a diamond cage
they call it growth, they call it change
but it’s just the same old song they play —
where the rich get rich, and the rest fade away
there’s a line now running through our town
between those who made it, and those shut down
and every tower cuts the sky in two —
theirs above, and ours below the blue

down in porta romana they’re raising walls
for the games and the banners and the marble halls
but the village looks like a soviet dream
cold and proud in the daylight’s gleam
they’ll light the torch, they’ll cheer the name
but none of us will stake our claim
we built the ground they stand upon —
and still they move us on

come on, baby, the engines roar
we’ll ride till we can’t no more
past citylife, past scalo farini
through the ghosts of old milano’s meaning
the towers rise, the shadows creep
the ones who owned are the ones who sleep
we were born to run this city free —
but milano’s got no room for me
oh milano, my sweet, my sin
you gave it all, then you fenced us in
still, i’ll ride your roads till i’m gone —
’cause your soul’s still mine
even if your heart’s moved on

- davide tommaso ferrando lyrics

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