Ecco com'è che va il mondo [English translation]

She was the fattest whore I'd ever seen,

The fattest woman I'd ever laid eyes on.

She had a shimmering silk dress,

A pearl necklace and an ostrich hand fan

Delicate hands.

A guy told her: "You gross mountain of lard"

She laughed and swung her body as if to say yes,

Oh good Lord, surely yes.

Doing it with you must not be easy,

You're as big as three people

But no, instead of this they tell me

You have such a beautiful place

You're more beautiful than Marilyn

Or Evelyn, I can't remember anymore.

She laughed and swung her head,

She muttered something, as if to say yes.

You see how the world goes?

This is how the world goes

My soul doesn't exude honey and sweetness,

Happiness and truth, natural needs.

But I have a child, in the intervals,

Who caresses my white hair.

And the years become sweet at her touch

She kisses my cruel cheeks

And she weaves patient games of branches

With her catlike pupils.

It was April, or maybe it was may

By chance I met her again

I laughed and swung my head

I muttered something, as if to say yes.

You see how the world goes?

This is how the world goes

• Artist:Franco Battiato
• Album:L'imboscata (1996)