L'italiano [English translation]

let me sing

with my guitar in the hand

let me sing

i am an italian.

good afternoon italy, with your spaghetti

and a partisan for president

with the car radio always in the right hand

and a little canary above the window.

good afternoon italy with your artists

with too many american flags on the posters

with the songs about love

with the heart

with more women and less nuns

good afternoon italy

good afternoon mary

with eyes full of melancholy

good afternoon god

you know i'm here too

let me sing

with the guitar in my hand

let me sing

a song slowly slowly

let me sing

because i'm proud of it

i'm an italian

a genuine (real) italian.

good afternoon italy that doesn't get scared

and with the shaving cream with mint flavour

with a blue pinstripe suit

and the moviola (the first machine that could edit films) always on sundays on tv

good afternoon italy with the small coffee

the new socks in the first drawer

with the flag at the dry cleaner's

and a broken 600 (fiat)

good afternoon italy

good afternoon mary

with the eyes fuill of melancholy

good afternoon god

you know i'm here too

let me sing

with the guitar in my hand

let me sing

a song slowly slowly

let me sing

because i'm proud of it

i'm an italian

a real italian.

• Artist:Toto Cutugno
• Album:L'Italiano (1983)