There're things nobody will tell you
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There're things nobody will give you
You were born and died here
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Born in the country of half-truths
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In Italy guns in cars
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In Italy Machiavelli and Foscolo
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In Italy world champs
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In Italy take a vacation at the sea
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In Italy you'd better not get surgery
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In Italy don't go to the hospital
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In Italy big nights and galas
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In Italy you do business with the mob
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In Italy the neighbor who shoots you
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There're things nobody will tell you
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There're things nobody will give you
You were born and died here
You were born and died here
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Born in the country of half-truths
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There're things nobody will tell you
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There're things nobody will give you
You were born and died here
You were born and died here
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Born in the country of half-truths
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In Italy the real mobsters are
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In Italy the most dangerous are
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In Italy girls on the street
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In Italy you eat homemade pasta
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In Italy then thieves break into your house
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In Italy you don't find steady work
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In Italy yet you kiss the crucifix
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In Italy the monuments
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In Italy the churches with paintings
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In Italy people with feelings
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In Italy countryside and kidnappings
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There're things nobody will tell you
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There're things nobody will give you
You were born and died here
You were born and died here
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Born in the country of half-truths
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There're things nobody will tell you
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There're things nobody will give you
You were born and died here
You were born and died here
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Born in the country of half-truths
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In Italy courted girls
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In Italy photographed women
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In Italy blackmailed models
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In Italy people reading the cards
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In Italy murders never solved
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In Italy lost faces and certain votes
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There're things nobody will tell you
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There're things nobody will give you
You were born and died here
You were born and died here
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Born in the country of half-truths
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There're things nobody will tell you
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There're things nobody will give you
You were born and died here
You were born and died here
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Born in the country of half-truths