“Surrender” had been originally played in live concerts by Cheap Trick since 1976 but it was released only in 1978 as a single and immediately hit the charts. It is also part of the album “Heaven Tonight”.
Glossary and idioms
Mother told me, yes, she told me/La mamma mi ha detto, si mi ha detto That I’d meet girls like you/che avrei incontrato ragazze come te She also told me, “Stay away/Lei mi ha anche detto, Stai lontano You’ll never know what you’ll catch”/non si sa mai quello che ti puoi prendere
But just the other day I heard/ma proprio l’altro giorno ho sentito Of a soldier’s falling off/che un soldato è caduto Some Indonesian junk/ c’è un pò di spazzatura indonesiana That’s going round/in giro
Mommy’s all right/La mamma sta bene
Daddy’s all right/Papà sta bene
They just seem a little weird/Sembrano solo un pò strani
Surrender/Arrenditi
Surrender/Arrenditi
But don’t give yourself away/Ma non ti buttare via
Hey, heeeeeey
Father says, “Your mother’s right/Papà dice”Tua madre ha ragione” She’s really up on things/Lei è saggia Before we married, Mommy served/prima che ci sposassimo ha prestato servizio In the WACS in the Philippines”/nelle ausiliarie dell’esercito nelle Filippine Now, I had heard the WACs recruited/Ora ho sentito che le WAC hanno reclutato Old maids for the war/vecchie signore per la guerra But mommy isn’t one of those/ ma la mamma non è fra loro I’ve known her all these years/la conosco da molti anni
Mommy’s all right Daddy’s all right They just seem a little weird Surrender Surrender But don’t give yourself away Hey, heeeeeey
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