L'italiano [English translation]

Let me sing

with a guitar in my hand

Let me sing

I am Italian.

Good Morning Italy with your spaghetti

and your partisan for President

with my hand on the radio

and a canary on the window

Good Morning Italy with your artists

with your many American posters

with your songs of love

with kind hearts

with more women still less nuns (more women not becoming nuns?)

Good Morning Italy

Good Morning Mother Mary

with eyes full of sadness

Good Morning God

I know you know I am here.

Let me sing

with a guitar in hand

Let me sing

a song, slowly, slowly

Let me sing

because I am proud

I am an Italian

A genuine/real Italian.

Good Morning Italy who doesn't scare

with peppermint flavored toothpaste

with a pinstripe blue suit

with slow moving Sundays on TV

Good Morning Italy with extra-strong espresso coffee

the new sock from the drawer

with the clean flag (flag that switched sides/flag that was clean)

a 600 (type of car I can't think of)

Good Morning Italy

Good Morning Mother Mary

with eyes full of sadness

Good Morning God

I know you know I'm here.

Let me sing

with a guitar in my hand

Let me sing

a song, slowly, slowly

Let me sing

because I am proud

I am Italian

A geniuine/real Italian.

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