Gigi l'Amoroso (English version)
Maybe someday you'll comeTo the village I'm fromRight by the bay of beautiful NapoliWhere each Saturday nightAs the vino takes flightWe sing and dance and love of life is freeGiorgio plays the guitarSandro the mandolinAnd me I dance and bang on the tambourineBut when Gigi appearsThe hurrahs and the cheersCome from the crowd as he begins to sing
And in between each songThey shout and sing out strong
We love youGigi l'AmorosoThe greatest Italian lover since man discovered fireGigi l'AmorosoIf you only knew what you make us doWith your songs of desireFor each and every one his favourite songVolare, Come Prima, Ö Sole Mio
Everyone loved Gigi,the baker's wife would leave her shop just to hear him sing,the notary's wife who was a saint blessed him and made the sign of the cross every timehe opened his mouth, and the widow, the young one,tore her wigs to shreds and put on fancy lace,and on and on, everyone loved Gigi,even me, even me, but...
Came a lady one dayRich as all USAWho told him Hollywood wasn't very farOh! he liked what he heardAnd believed every wordLike Valentino he'd become a starWe were all at the boatWith a lump in our throatTo wish him well and show him how much we caredEveryone in the crowd were all openly proudHe'd made it now beyond the village square
And when he said GoodbyeWe all began to cry
We love youGigi l'AmorosoThe greatest Italian lover since man discovered fireGigi l'AmorosoIf you only knew what you make us doWith your songs of desireArrivederci, Gigi, much successThe tears you see are tears of happiness
Gigi...We stayed 'till the boat was out of sight,and we all returned to the village, but,it wasn't the same after he leftEverything seemed differentthe baker's wife refused to light the oventhe notary's wife, wouldn't even talk to her husbandshe just kept counting her beadsand the widow, the young one, cried and went into mourning for a second timeAnd me...
Many days have gone byOh the years how they flyThe fountain even cried we all missed him soNot a word, not a signMy heart measured the timeOh Gigi, Gigi why did you have to go?Our performance went onBut the spirit was goneEach song we sang was only a memoryAt the end of our showAs the silence would growEach night I'd hear his haunting melody
If you only knewWhat you make us doWith your songs of desireGigi...
Gigi!?Is that you in the shadow?It is you Gigicome closer!Oh let me look at youYou are crying? But why are you crying?Oh! l'American!Now I understandwhat do they know except Rock and Roll and "Baby, Baby, Baby"That's not for you, you are Giuseppe, Fabrizio, Luca Santiniand you are Napoletano!Listen Gigi, listen... that's Giorgio playingand that, that's Sandro's mandolinwait, Gigi, wait!I'll get my tambourinewait, you can't leave like that!This is your home!Listen... you hear them Gigi?The whole town is coming!They want you to sing Gigi!To sing for themThey love you Gigi, everybody loves youSing Gigi! Canta! Bravo!!! Bravo!Carmella, Carmella Carmella lo sai che é arrivato Gigi Cesarina,Cesarina scendi è arrivato Gigi da Hollywood! Ma se te lo dico io che é arrivato scendi noGuaglione, guaglione guaglione corri va a dire a zio Gennaro Che é arrivato lo zioGigi dall'AmericaBravo!
To each and everyone his favourite songVolare, Come Prima, Ô Sole MioWe love you Gigi l'AmorosoThe greatest Italian lover since man discovered fireGigi l'Amoros
If you only knew what you make us doWith your songs of desireTo each and everyone his favourite songVolare, Come Prima, Ô Sole MioWe love you Gigi l'Amoroso...