Things have to change just to stay the same The leopard changed its spots again and again Too late to save the house of Savoy Umberto 2 said the last goodbye In '48 it was time for a change The referendum marked the end of an age One house and one millennium Umberto 1 to Umberto 2 again To Shepard In every room of the house in Sicily They had a leopard on every piece of livery On all the flags that took delivery On all the buildings and the burnt out monasteries Feltrinelli jumped like a jaguar Typing Olivetti typewriter A man of letters and an agent of change Yet the power of pens could not contain his rage To Shepard