Alex Britti | Countries Beginning with I

by Alex BrittiThis was a big hit in 2001, about the time I was getting ready to quit my job with Roxio. I liked it a lot (I can certainly empathize with wanting to stay in the bathtub all day!), played it loud while working in my home office, and particularly enjoyed one line which, no doubt, you will be able to pick out!

La Vasca

The Bathtub

Voglio restare tutto il giorno in una vasca

I want to stay all day in the bathtub

con l’acqua calda che mi coccola la testa

With the hot water cuddling my head

un piede fuori che s’infreddolisce appena

One foot out, just barely getting cold

uscire solo quando e’ pronta giÃ la cena

Come out only when dinner is ready.

mangiare e bere sempre e solo a dismisura

Eat and drink always and only too much

senza dover cambiare buco alla cintura

Without having to change the hole on my belt

e poi domani non andro’ neanche al lavoro

And then tomorrow I won’t even go to work

neanche avvertiro’ perche’ il silenzio e’ d’oro

And I won’t even warn them because “silence is golden”

tornero’ con gli amici davanti scuola

I’ll go with my friends back in front of [our old] school

ma senza entrare, solo fuori a far la ola

But without going in – [we’ll] just stay out and do the hula

non ci saranno ripetenti punto e basta

No one will have to repeat [school years], period.

staremo tutti insieme nella stessa vasca

We’ll all stay together in the same bathtub

cosI’ grande che ormai e’ una piscina

So big that by now it’s a pool

staremo a mollo dalla sera alla mattina

We’ll float around from evening to morning

cosI’ che adesso e’ troppo piena e non si puo’ piu’ stare

So that now it’s too full and we can’t stay anymore

e’ meglio trasferirci tutti quanti al mare

It’s best if we all transfer to the sea

quando fa buio accenderemo un grande fuoco

When it gets dark we’ll light a big fire

attaccheremo un maxi schermo e un maxi gioco

And hook up a maxi screen and a maxi game

e dopo inseguimenti vari e varie lotte

And after various chases and fights

faremo tutti un grande bagno a mezzanotte

We’ll all have a big dip at midnight

ritornello:

refrain:

mi bagno, mi tuffo, mi giro e mi rilasso

I bathe, I dive, I turn, and I relax

mi bagno, m’asciugo e inizia qui lo spasso

I bathe, I dry off, and here’s where the fun begins

e mi ribagno, mi rituffo, mi rigiro e mi rilasso

I re-bathe, re-dive, turn around, and re-lax

e mi ribagno, mi riasciugo e ricomincia qui lo spasso

I re-bathe, re-dry, and here the fun begins again

saremo piu’ di 100, quasi 120

There must be more than 100 of us, almost 120

amici, conoscenti e anche i parenti

Friends, acquaintances, and even relatives

con il cocomero e la cocacola fresca

With watermelon and cold Coca Cola

con le chitarre a dirci che non e’ francesca

With guitars to tell us “it’s not Francesca”*

aspetteremo le prime luci del mattino

We’ll wait for the first lights of morning

festeggeremo con cornetti e cappuccino

We’ll celebrate with pastries and cappuccino

e quando stanchi dormiremo sulla sabbia

And when we’re tired we’ll sleep on the sand

le nostre camere scolpite nella nebbia

Our rooms carved out of fog

ma dormiremo poche ore quanto basta

But we’ll only sleep a few hours, just enough

per poi svegliarci e rituffarci nella vasca

To wake up and dive back into the bathtub.

voglio restare tutto il giorno in una vasca

I want to stay all day in the bathtub

con le mie cose piu’ tranquille nella testa

With my things more tranquil in my mind

un piede fuori come fosse una bandiera

One foot out as if it was a flag

uscire solo quando fuori e’ primavera

Come out only when it’s spring outside

ma spero solo questa mia fantasia

But I only hope that this fantasy of mine

non sia soltanto un altro attacco d’utopia

Isn’t just another attack of utopia(nism)

perche’ per questo non c’e’ ancora medicina

Because there’s not yet a medicine for this

che mi trasformi la mia vasca in piscina

That would transform my bathtub into a pool

e tantomeno trasformare tutto in mare

And even less transform everything into the sea

pero’ qualcuno lo dovrebbe inventare

But someone ought to invent it!

* “Non e’ Francesca” is a line from a Battisti song.

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