Lyrics of Bei Tempi - Roberto Vecchioni

Bei Tempi (original)

Era tanto tempo fa
Poi è già poi
Sul portone non c'è più lei
Forse ho sognato
Forse tutto si è già fermato
D’estate quando c’era il mare
E avevo voglia di guardare
Era tanto tempo fa
Poi c’ero io
Che pensavo vedrai domani
Io che leggevo
E facevo discorsi strani
A Laura quando le dicevo
Che il mondo è bello e ci credeva
Erano tempi erano bei tempi
Erano tempi di parole che correvo che rompevo e che scappavo
E coi tuoi occhi ci giocavo
Erano tempi erano bei tempi
Erano tempi di parole che correvano da sole
Ed era veramente amore
Era tanto tempo fa
Io con la radio
E mio padre con il giornale
Io con l’esame
E che parlo con il mio cane
Però d’estate c’era il sole e avevo voglia di scappare
Era tanto tanto tempo fa
Io con la radio
E mio padre con il giornale
Io con l’esame
E che parlo con il mio cane
Però d’estate c’era il sole
E avevo voglia di scappare
Era tanto tanto tempo fa
Io, io con voi
Quando non dormivamo mai
E quante sere
A parlarci del primo amore
E Laura che mi sorrideva
E Laura che non ritornava
Erano tempi erano bei tempi
Erano tempi di parole che correvo che rompevo e che scappavo
E coi tuoi occhi ci giocavo
Erano tempi erano bei tempi
Erano tempi di parole che correvano da sole
Ed era veramente amore

(translation)

It was a long time ago
Then it is already then
She is no longer on the door
Maybe I dreamed
Perhaps everything has already stopped
In the summer when there was the sea
And I wanted to watch
It was a long time ago
Then there was me
Which I thought you'll see tomorrow
I was reading
And I was making strange speeches
To Laura when I told her
That the world is beautiful and she believed it
Those were times, they were good times
They were times of words that I ran that I broke and that I ran away
And with your eyes I used to play with it
Those were times, they were good times
These were times of words that ran alone
And it was truly love
It was a long time ago
Me with the radio
And my father with the newspaper
Me with the exam
And that I talk to my dog
But in the summer it was sunny and I wanted to escape
It was a long, long time ago
Me with the radio
And my father with the newspaper
Me with the exam
And that I talk to my dog
But in the summer there was the sun
And I wanted to escape
It was a long, long time ago
Me, me with you
When we never slept
And how many evenings
To tell us about the first love
And Laura smiling at me
And Laura who wasn't coming back
Those were times, they were good times
They were times of words that I ran that I broke and that I ran away
And with your eyes I used to play with it
Those were times, they were good times
These were times of words that ran alone
And it was truly love