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.

Per Gioco Per Amore
Patty Pravo Lyrics

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PER GIOCO, PER AMORE
(J.M.Colombier - M.Luberti - A.Cassella)

Chissà perché ora sto sorridendo
e recito ma nessuno sa.
Serve una lacrima lo so la troverò
se il riflettore guarderò.
Se la gente applaude

tutto bene così
la vita mia resta mia
solo mia

Non sono io quella che sta cantando
è la mia voce senza me
Posso nascondere i miei sentimenti,
nessuno se ne accorgerà
Se la gente applaude
tutto bene così
io resto mia, solo mia
solo mia

Credi di fingere
ora stai piangendo davvero
ti sembra fatta per te la tua vita

e sei felice se tu puoi dare di più
sempre di più

Overall Meaning

The song "Per Gioco, Per Amore" by Patty Pravo is a melancholic piece about the life of a performer. The first verse sets the tone of the song with the singer contemplating why she is smiling even though she knows how tough her life is. She understands that to escape the harshness of reality, she has to put up a facade, hide her true feelings and perform. She says that if she looks at the spotlight, she will find the tears she needs for her performance, and no one will know the difference. The second verse is a continuation of the theme of concealment, where the singer notes that when she sings, it's not her that's making the music, but her voice. She can hide her feelings because no one will be able to tell the difference, and if the audience appreciates her performance, it doesn't matter if no one knows her true self.

Line by Line Meaning

Chissà perché ora sto sorridendo
I wonder why I am smiling right now

e recito ma nessuno sa.
and I act but nobody knows

Serve una lacrima lo so la troverò
I need a tear, I know I will find it

se il riflettore guarderò.
if I look at the spotlight

Se la gente applaude
If people applaud

tutto bene così
everything is fine like that

la vita mia resta mia
my life remains mine

solo mia
only mine

Non sono io quella che sta cantando
It's not me who's singing

è la mia voce senza me
it's my voice without me

Posso nascondere i miei sentimenti,
I can hide my feelings