Here where the sea sparkles,
And the wind howls,
On an old terrace
Before the Gulf of Sorriento,
A man holds a girl in his arms
After she's been crying
He clears his voice
And begins to sing again.
I love you so much
So very, very much, you know
It's a bond, now,
That thaws the blood inside the veins, you know.
He looked at the lights, out on the sea,
And thought about the nights there, in America
But they were only the fishermen lamps and the white trail of a propeller
He looked the girl in the eyes
Those eyes green as the sea
Then, suddenly, a tear fell
And he thought he was going to drown
I love you so much
So very, very much, you know
It's a bond, now,
That thaws the blood inside the veins, you know.
The power of opera, where drama is a fake
And where with a bit of make-up and the art of mimic, you can
Become someone else.