Malvina Reynolds allieta con voce singolare i nostri inizi di giornata in auto, da Radio24. Non sapete chi è Malvina? Cercate on line (internet può molto). Intanto, da me potete già sapere che gli Zafra hanno tradotto la sua canzone “Little boxes” in italiano: “Le villette del borgo alto”. Correvano allora gli anni ’70, anni in cui in molti intuivano, seppur confusamente, il senso di una frase di don Luigi Giussani “tutta la forza dell’annuncio del nostro movimento è l’affermazione della propria felicità, cioè la realizzazione di sé”. Bei tempi. Però anche oggi non è male. Ecco “Little boxes”.

Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes made of ticky-tacky,
Little boxes, little boxes,
Little boxes, all the same.
There’s a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they’re all made out of ticky-tacky
And they all look just the same.

And the people in the houses
All go to the university,
And they all get put in boxes,
Little boxes, all the same.
And there’s doctors and there’s lawyers
And business executives,
And they’re all made out of ticky-tacky
And they all look just the same.

And they all play on the golf-course,
And drink their Martini dry,
And they all have pretty children,
And the children go to school.
And the children go to summer camp
And then to the university,
And they all get put in boxes
And they all come out the same.

And the boys go into business,
And marry, and raise a family,
And they all get put in boxes,
Little boxes, all the same.
There’s a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they’re all made out of ticky-tacky
And they all look just the same.