Solo una volta [English translation]

There was the moon, there were the stars

There was a new emotion on the skin

There was the night, there were the flowers

Even in the dark, colours could be seen

There was the desire to be together still

Maybe as a game, but anyway we feel like

Going around holding hands

And telling each other that for us, the world is strange.

Once upon a time, or maybe twice

There was a cow, a donkey and an ox

There was a night with only one star

But it was big, shiny and beautiful

And if we feel like it we'll even go to the seaside

That way we'll be able to splash into the water

And then swim, and play dead floating

And we'll check on the moon to see if it's still yellow.

yes..

And while the others are still sleeping

Perhaps they dream about us

And while the sky is brightining up

We'll watch tonight that ends.

CHORUS

Time goes by, hours pass

And we'll finally make love

One time only or for a life time

Let's first hope the summer will end.

time goes by, hours pass

I wish I could not wash away the scent

of this night that I still have to understand

but what a pity it must end!

If everything passes, or it has already passed

Too bad I still haven't understood it

even if you're not between my fingers anymore

I will remember this night for the rest of my life

And if tomorrow i will miss you

It will be because I no longer have a sky inside my room

I will have a photo to make me remember

All the things I could have told you that night.

CHORUS

If I run out of words (lit. If I don't have any more words in my drawer)

A poem I have never read

An affair to tell about

when I will have nothing left to say

And when I'll walk barefoot down the street

whatever happens, no matter how things go

Each time I'll go back to the seaside I'll have something to remember.

• Artist:Alex Britti
• Album:it.pop (1998)