Certe Notti Lyrics in English Ligabue

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Certe Notti by Ligabue from Italian to English.

Some nights the car's hot

And she decides where she'll take you

Some nights the road doesn't matter

What matters is feeling you're going

Some nights the radio playing Neil Young

Seems to have figured out who you are

Some nights look like a vice

That you never want to quit, ever

Some nights you raise a bit of racket

So they hear you won't change anymore

Those nights between thighs and mosquitoes

And fog and joints you call 'tu'

Some nights you've got some wound

That some girlfriend of yours will disinfect

Some nights with bars already closed

At the first rest stop someone will celebrate

And you can stay alone

On some nights here

That whoever's content enjoys

So so

Some nights you're awake

Or you'll never be awake at all

See you at Mario's sooner or later

Some nights you feel master

Of a place that anyway isn't there by day

Some nights if you're lucky

You knock on the door of someone like you

There's a night that holds you between her t*ts

A bit mom a bit wh*re as she is

Those nights to make love in

Until it hurts until it's gone

You can't stay alone

On some nights here

'Cause if you settle, you enjoy

So so

Some nights are nights

Or we'll give them to you

Anyway Mario reopens

Sooner or later

On some nights here

Some nights

Some nights you're just happier

Greedier, more naive and as much a d*ckhead as you can

Those nights are exactly that vice

That I never want to quit, ever

You can't stay alone

On some nights here

That whoever's content enjoys

So, so

Some nights you're awake

Or you'll never be awake at all

See you at Mario's

Sooner or later

On some nights here

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Luciano Ligabue

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SONG MEANING

Ligabue’s “Certe Notti” is a love letter to those unforgettable nights when the world feels wide-open and anything can happen. The engine is warm, the radio plays Neil Young, and the road itself decides where you’re headed. In these hours the usual rules fade: street names stop mattering, bars are shut, yet friends gather at the first roadside diner to celebrate simply being alive. You might carry a few literal or emotional cuts, but someone in the crew will patch you up before the next laugh. It is part rock-and-roll road movie, part after-party confessional, bursting with mosquitoes, fog, kisses, and the reckless promise that you won’t change.

These “certain nights” turn ordinary people into kings of places that do not exist by daylight. They blur loneliness and togetherness, parent-like comfort and playful sin, until you realise that settling for “so-so” joy is still better than sleeping through life. The song invites you to keep that vice of late-night freedom alive, to stay awake to your own desires, and to believe that—sooner or later—everyone will meet again “da Mario” for one more round. It is a tribute to spontaneity, camaraderie, and the stubborn thrill of chasing the night just because it feels right.

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Ligabue Certe Notti Lyrics