Lyrics of A poche ore da te (Twenty-Four Hours from Tulsa) - Gene Pitney

A poche ore da te (Twenty-Four Hours from Tulsa) (original)

Cara scrivo
Scrivo per dirti che
Io non tornero' mai piu'
Per dirti come quello
Quello che accade in viaggio
E' che mi cambio' mi cambio'
Io ero solo a poche ore da casa
Ah solo a poche ore da te
Ma vidi alcuni in un bar
E chiesi a lor di versar
Volevo solo bere una bevanda calda
E apoche ore ripartir
Ma vidi gli occhi verdi
Di una ragazza che era
Vicino a me in quel bar
Io ero solo a poche ore da casa
Ah solo a poche ore da te
Per caso io la fermai
M’innamorai poi di lei
E lei di me
Io ero solo a poche ore da casa
Solo a poche ore da te
Qualcuno accese il juke box
Io la invitai a ballar
E lei si strinse molto
Ed io mi persi nelle sue braccia
E poi la baciai
E dissi cose pazze
Che io non dissi mai
A nessuno mai neanche a te
Io ero solo a poche ore da casa
Ah solo a poche ore da te
Per caso io la fermai
M’innamorai poi di lei
E lei di me
Pero' ormai mai mai ormai

(translation)

Dear I write
I am writing to tell you that
I will never come back
To tell you like that
What happens on the go
It's that I change 'I change'
I was only a few hours from home
Ah just a few hours away from you
But I saw some in a bar
And I asked them to pay
I just wanted to have a hot drink
And in a few hours I will start again
But I saw the green eyes
Of a girl that was
Next to me in that bar
I was only a few hours from home
Ah just a few hours away from you
By chance I stopped her
I then fell in love with her
And she about me
I was only a few hours from home
Only a few hours away from you
Someone turned on the juke box
I invited her to dance
And she hugged a lot
And I got lost in his arms
And then I kissed her
And I said crazy things
Which I never said
Nobody ever, not even you
I was only a few hours from home
Ah just a few hours away from you
By chance I stopped her
I then fell in love with her
And she about me
But now never never now