“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

 

Surrender (1978)