Atlantide [English translation]

He now lives in Atlantis

With a hat full of memories

In his face you can see he understands

And you can see the outset of a sadness on the bottom of his soul

Under his bed he hides desperate beer cans

And sometimes he believes he is a hero

He's now been living in California

For seven years, waiting for the clouds under a porch

He became a great guitar player

And is crazy about a woman called Lisa

When he tells her you're the right one to live with

A wrinkle appears on his left cheek

He now lives in the third ray

Where he learned how to stop making questions like

"Do you by any chance know a girl from Rome

Whose face reminds you of a collapsing dam?

I met her one day and I learned her name

But the vice of love drove me far away"

That's what the passing man thought

As he flew high above the sky of Naples

You may steal her money, you may steal her memories

But let her always keep her sweet curiosity

Tell her I lost her when I understood her

Tell her I forgive her for having betrayed her

• Artist:Francesco De Gregori
• Album:Bufalo Bill (1976)