En bandolera
Salvatore Adamo
In a shoulder bag
With illusion I built castles
I saw them fall, I lost faith
I became disillusioned because in the world
I never imagined such a farce.
I who believed in it
And who always was
With my heart in a shoulder bag.
I grew up, then I turned twenty
And heard a cruel man say
Fight against the world in this life
Because the world fights against you.
Then it happened
That I no longer went
With my heart in a shoulder bag.
I saw that I must stay away from a certain scoundrel
That I will have to save a gloomy wall
And I will save it with your immense love
That reconciles me with the world.
I always dreamed of your youthful face
And your almost childlike laughter
In which I forged the universe
Where I built my castles.
Because I found you
I will live again
With my heart in a shoulder bag.