Questione di sopravvivenza [English translation]

Without this mouth of yours

That never gets tired

What would I know

About what's happening?

I, the one who walks around like a stranger

It's a matter of survival

Living with you, or living

Without this gossipy curiosity of yours

That warms up the life of everyone

Around you

I, the one who walks away when people talk to me

It's a matter of survival

Living with you

Or living without you

I'd go look for you if you left

Your flaws are necessary to me

Or I'd look for

Someone like you

Who resembles you

Even your obsessions

But there's no one

Who's just like you

Someone who fills up the day

Someone with your will to live

Without your hair,

Serving as my compass

How would I understand

What direction to take

I, the one who can no longer see beyond his own nose

It's a matter of survival

Living with you

Or living without you

I'd go look for you if you left

Your flaws are necessary to me

Or I'd look for

Someone like you

Who resembles you

Even your obsessions

But there's no one

Who's just like you

Someone who fills up the day

Someone with your will to live

Sometimes you're stubborn

And hard to reach

Take it or leave it:

I'll take you as you are

And, for other reasons I cannot say here

It's a matter of survival

Living with you

Or living without you.

• Artist:Gino Paoli
• Album:L'ufficio delle cose perdute