Below, I translated the lyrics of the song California by Gianna Nannini from Italian to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
In una strada forse in una stanza
In a street perhaps in a room
Dietro mille finestre
Behind a thousand windows
Noi guardavamo nella stessa direzione
We looked in the same direction
E la storia si ferma
And the story stops
Quando i padri sono stanchi
When fathers are tired
L'odio ci passava sopra
Hatred passed over us
Ma non ci separava
But it didn't separate us
Era california, era via di là
It was California, it was away from there
Quanto fiato nella gola
How much breath in the throat
Per rifare la realtà
To redo the reality
Era california era via di là
it was california was away there
Verso cosa non sapevo
Towards what I didn't know
Ma lo respiravo sembrava cielo
But I breathed it looked like sky
Guardami ora e dimmi cosa vedi
Look at me now and tell me what you see
Non è tutto passato
It's not all over
Ma il sogno che interrompi non sarà più uguale
But the dream you interrupt will no longer be the same
Quasi senza le stelle
Almost without the stars
Forse è più bello navigare
Maybe it's nicer to surf
Non c'è niente di perso
There's nothing lost
E che non possa continuare
And that it can't continue
Siamo noi la california
We're the california
Siamo noi la libertà
We are the freedom
Pugni chiusi nelle tasche
Fists locked in pockets
Sangue, fragole, realtà
Blood, strawberries, reality
Siamo noi la california
We're the california
Siamo noi la libertà
We are the freedom
Siamo noi che lo guardiamo e ci sembra ancora
We are the one who look at it and it still seems to us
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Gianna Nannini
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