La Gente Della Notte

The night is more beautiful, life is better,
for those who don't yawn until 5,
and the city catches its breath and seems to sleep,
and the darkness transforms it and changes its shape
and everything is calmer, everything is closer
and there's no traffic, no chaos
at least not the ugly one, the one that stresses,

the people of the night are always the same
we all know each other like in a small town,
always the same faces month after month
and the day changes laws and governments
and summers pass and winters pass,
the people of the night always survive
hidden in the clubs, confused among the shadows.

The people of the night do strange jobs,
some are born today and end tomorrow,
bartenders, drug dealers, prostitutes and newsagents,
police officers, transvestites, troublemakers,
club owners, strippers,
truck drivers, night guards, thieves and journalists,
bakers and pastry chefs, models,
at night all girls seem beautiful,
and sometimes you pick one up, at the club,
you see her in the morning and she looks like a witch,
the night plays its game and serves that purpose
to make everything seem a little more beautiful.

Talking in a car in front of a gate
and at four-thirty having breakfast
with warm croissants and latte
and when the sun rises say goodnight
and read the newspaper before everyone else,
know in advance all the good and bad news,
at night words flow more slowly

but it's much easier to talk to people,
know their stories, each one unique,
knowing that in the world no one is normal.
Everyone will have something to teach you,
very different people of every color.

I like the night and I love it
I see many sunrises and very few mornings,
the night has adopted me and given me a job
that I really like, in fact I adore it
My name is JOVANOTTI and I'm a DJ,
I never go to sleep before six.