Patty Pravo (born Nicoletta Strambelli, 9 April 1948 Venice, Italy) is an I… Read Full Bio ↴Patty Pravo (born Nicoletta Strambelli, 9 April 1948 Venice, Italy) is an Italian Pop singer whose career has spanned more than four decades. Her first single "Ragazzo triste", released in 1966, was the first pop song aired on Vatican Radio. In 2011 she participated - for the eighth time - in the Italian song contest, the San Remo Music Festival.

She became famous still very young as "the Piper girl", from the name of a fashion music club in Rome where she used to sing in the '60 years. She has experimented every kind of music over the 40 years of her career, from early pop songs to electronic, chinese music and rock; her masterpiece is the record "Oltre l'Eden...", published in 1989 and reprinted on CD again in 2006.

Cieli Di Bahia
Patty Pravo Lyrics

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Cieli di bahia
Cieli di bahia
E non più qui
Qui non c'è aria buona
Tutto condiziona
C'è una grande folla
Che preme davvero
Non ti muovi più

Cieli di bahia
Cieli di bahia
Io vivo lì
Uomo prendi il treno
Porta il tuo bambino
Gira pure a vuoto
Che tanto il matto non l'hai fatto mai

Si faranno vivi i tuoi maestri di virtù
Piangendoti un bel po'
La tua assenza conterà, lo so

Cieli di bahia
Cieli di bahia
E non più qui
Metti convinzione
Qualche suggestione
Cammina molti giorni
Davvero ritrovarti con me, con me

La tua assenza conterà, lo so

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Overall Meaning

The song "Cieli di Bahia" by Patty Pravo depicts a common longing for escape to a better life, a life away from the suffocating and discouraging realities of the mundane. The lyrics speak of a woman who wants to escape the "bad air" and suffocating restrictions of her current life, and travel to the skies of Bahia where she can breathe better and walk freely. The busy and overwhelming city life has contained her and turned her stagnant, unable to move forward. However, in Bahia, she is free from the shackles of society and is able to find her true self once again as she travels for many days.

The chorus of the song describes how the singer knows of the incredible beauty of Bahia, and how she finds solace in it. The lyrics suggest that if the listener were to also go to this place of freedom, all the hardships of life would disappear. It also mentions the realization that the character's absence will be felt and that even those who try to stop her will miss her.

Line by Line Meaning

Cieli di bahia
The beautiful skies of Bahia

E non più qui
And not here anymore

Qui non c'è aria buona
There is no good air here

Tutto condiziona
Everything conditions

C'è una grande folla
There is a big crowd

Che preme davvero
That pushes really hard

Non ti muovi più
You can't move anymore

Io vivo lì
I live there

Uomo prendi il treno
Man, take the train

Porta il tuo bambino
Bring your child

Gira pure a vuoto
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