La tricotea
Amarcord Lyrics

The lyrics of "La tricotea" sung by Amarcord have a whimsical quality that appears to be an amalgam of sounds and phrases emanating from various languages. The song is made up of a kaleidoscope of images and fragmentary verses that seem to create an unseen narrative. The opening line is "La tricotea", which means "knitting", and is followed by "San Martin la vea", possibly a reference to Saint Martin of Tours, the patron saint of wool weavers. The line "Abres un poc" means "open a little" and "al agua y señalea" means "to the water and pointing".

The second stanza contains a reference to a boot that plants a tuft of grass, and a sign of a chapiré, which is a desert tree that can thrive in adverse climatic conditions. The line "ce que te gus per mundo spesa" translates to "what you like in the world is to spend", and "la botilla plena" means "the bottle is full". The succeeding verses contain words such as "dama", "orli", "cerli", "trun", "madama", "cerlicer", "cerrarli ben", "votr' ami contrari ben", and "niqui, niquidón, and formagidón" most of which are phrases that are difficult to interpret.

The final stanza is the only one that makes sense, as it says, "I am the queen of noble birth, lady for love, lady, beautiful to see, lady, I see her." Overall, the lyrics of "La tricotea" appear to be an assemblage of words and phrases that don't necessarily come together to form a concrete meaning but are instead meant to evoke a sense of surreal, dream-like imagery.