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.

Crazy Idea
Patty Pravo Lyrics

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Se immagino che tu sei qui con me
sto male, lo sai!
Voglio illudermi di riaverti ancora
com'era un anno fa.

Io stasera insieme ad un altro
e tu sarai forse a ridere di me
della mia gelosia che non passa più,

ormai non passa più.

Pazza idea di far l'amore con lui
pensando di stare ancora insieme a te!
Folle, folle, folle idea di averti qui
mentre chiudo gli occhi e sono tua.

Pazza idea, io che sorrido a lui
sognando di stare a piangere con te.
Folle, folle, folle idea sentirti mio
se io chiudo gli occhi vedo te.

Tu guidavi mentre io ubriaca di gelosia
continuavo a chiedere.
E poi mi hai detto: "Senti camminiamo",
Siamo scesi in fretta ma restati li...

In silenzio soli, io ti ho stretto, stretto a me.
La tua giacca sul mio viso
mi hai detto: "Basta amore,
sono stanco, lo vuoi tu?"

Pazza idea... etc.

Pazza idea stare qui con lui
ma poi vedere solo te.
Immaginare... vorrei...
Vorrei te!

Pazza idea...

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Patty Pravo's "Crazy Idea" express the pain and confusion of a person who is still in love with their ex-partner, despite trying to move on. The singer imagines her ex-partner being with her while she is on a date with someone else, and expresses her jealousy and longing for them. She even goes as far as to imagine having sex with her current partner while thinking of her ex, which shows the depth of her love and attachment to them.

Towards the end of the song, the singer reminisces about being with her ex in the past, and how they shared a special moment together. This memory is bittersweet, as it reminds her of what she has lost, and what she still desires. The lyrics capture the complexity of human emotions, especially the difficulty of letting go of someone we deeply care about.

Line by Line Meaning

Se immagino che tu sei qui con me sto male, lo sai!
If I imagine that you are here with me, I feel bad, you know!

Voglio illudermi di riaverti ancora com'era un anno fa.
I want to fool myself into getting you back again as it was a year ago.

Io stasera insieme ad un altro e tu sarai forse a ridere di me della mia gelosia che non passa più, ormai non passa più.
Tonight I'm with another person, and you might be laughing at me because my jealousy never fades anymore, it never does.

Pazza idea di far l'amore con lui pensando di stare ancora insieme a te! Folle, folle, folle idea di averti qui mentre chiudo gli occhi e sono tua.
Crazy idea to make love to him, thinking of still being with you! Mad, mad, mad idea to have you here while I close my eyes and imagine you're here.

Pazza idea, io che sorrido a lui sognando di stare a piangere con te. Folle, folle, folle idea sentirti mio se io chiudo gli occhi vedo te.
Crazy idea, me smiling at him while dreaming of crying with you. Mad, mad, mad idea to feel like you're mine if I close my eyes and see you.

Tu guidavi mentre io ubriaca di gelosia continuavo a chiedere. E poi mi hai detto: "Senti camminiamo", Siamo scesi in fretta ma restati li...
You were driving while I was drunk with jealousy and kept on asking. And then, you said, "Listen, let's walk." We got down quickly but stayed there...

In silenzio soli, io ti ho stretto, stretto a me. La tua giacca sul mio viso mi hai detto: "Basta amore, sono stanco, lo vuoi tu?"
Alone in silence, I hugged you tightly, holding you close to me. Your jacket on my face, you said, "Enough, love, I'm tired. Do you want to?"

Pazza idea stare qui con lui ma poi vedere solo te. Immaginare... vorrei... Vorrei te!
Crazy idea to be here with him, but then seeing only you. Imagining... I would... I want you!

Pazza idea...
Crazy idea...

Writer(s): Paolo Dossena, Maurizio Monti, Giovanni Ullu, Cesare Gigli

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