Massimo Bubola is an Italian singer-songwriter, record producer and arrange… Read Full Bio ↴Massimo Bubola is an Italian singer-songwriter, record producer and arranger. During his career, he worked with various Italian musicians in writing lyrics and music, his most significant collaboration was with Fabrizio De André. Born in Terrazzo, a commune in the Province of Verona, Italy he started writing songs at a young age. After the interest of the record producer Antonio Casetta in 1976, he published his first album Nastro giallo (Yellow Ribbon). In 1978 Bubola started his cooperation with Fabrizio De André, writing with him the lyrics of the album Rimini and, in 1981, of the album Fabrizio De André. In his third album Tre rose, published in 1981, Bubola received the cooperation of Fabrizio De André as artistic producer, Dori Ghezzi and Cristiano De André as chorister and Mauro Pagani as flute singer.

Tina
Massimo Bubola Lyrics

Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴

(M.Bubola)

Tina ti seguirò lungo quelle strade in Messico
Tina, ti scriverò quando a San Francisco arriverò
Dimmi che luce c'è laggiù qui ormai non la ritrovo più
Dimmi che luna guardi tu, quella che io vedo non lo è più

Tina, con te io ballerò su quelle terrazze in Messico

Tina, la musica e poi il vino rosso, i baci, il buio e noi
Dimmi che sogni sogni tu
Io da un po' lo sai non dormo più
Dimmi, le foto che farai
Che verità e bellezza fermerai

Tina, ti fisserò dentro quelle piazze in Messico
Tina, io non lo so se prima di Natale tornerò
Dimmi che non mi aspetterai
Che il tempo è sempre vivo e tu vivrai

Dimmi che non ti sazierai
Del mio cuore che è poco, poco ormai

Overall Meaning

The song "Tina" by Massimo Bubola is a heartfelt message from the singer to his beloved, Tina. The lyrics are a collection of promises of places they will go together, things they will experience and emotions they will share. The first verse talks about following Tina along the streets of Mexico and promising to write to her when he reaches San Francisco. The singer is searching for something that he has lost, and he pleads with Tina to tell him about the light and moon she sees - perhaps he is looking for inspiration or hope.

In the chorus, the singer promises to dance with Tina on the terraces of Mexico, sharing the music, red wine, kisses, and darkness. He asks her what dreams she has, as he has not been able to sleep ('Io da un po' lo sai non dormo più'). He implores her to take photographs, capturing the beauty and truth of the place they will be in, as he believes that she will be able to do so better than him.

In the final verse, the singer tells Tina that he will stare at her in the squares of Mexico and is uncertain when he will be back before Christmas. He asks her not to wait for him, as time is always moving and she needs to live her life. Finally, he tells her not to fill herself with his heart, as it is now small.

Line by Line Meaning

Tina ti seguirò lungo quelle strade in Messico
I will follow you, Tina, along those roads in Mexico

Tina, ti scriverò quando a San Francisco arriverò
Tina, I will write to you when I arrive in San Francisco

Dimmi che luce c'è laggiù qui ormai non la ritrovo più
Tell me what light there is there, I can't find it anymore here

Dimmi che luna guardi tu, quella che io vedo non lo è più
Tell me which moon you see, the one I see is no longer the same

Tina, con te io ballerò su quelle terrazze in Messico
Tina, I will dance with you on those terraces in Mexico

Tina, la musica e poi il vino rosso, i baci, il buio e noi
Tina, the music and then the red wine, the kisses, the darkness and us

Dimmi che sogni sogni tu
Tell me what dreams you dream

Io da un po' lo sai non dormo più
You know I haven't been sleeping for some time

Dimmi, le foto che farai
Tell me, the photos you will take

Che verità e bellezza fermerai
That truth and beauty you will capture

Tina, ti fisserò dentro quelle piazze in Messico
Tina, I will gaze at you in those squares in Mexico