I Wanna Be Italian Lyrics

Many factors lure me

To commence an Alpine journey

To a land that calls me from the east.

On a vintage Vespa

I could take my leave of Leicester

Get as far as Lincolnshire at least.

Gonna try my best to be Italian (I wanna be Italian)

I'm gonna badge my Ford with a prancing stallion (I wanna be Italian)

I'd better learn my Elba from my Arno

Si! Voglio essere italiano

(I wanna be Italian)

(I wanna be Italian)

With each passing metre

I'm closer to La Dolce Vita

And the land where web sites say they're ".it"

On its past I'm faulty

I've heard of Bourbons, Garibaldi

Other biscuits may have done their bit.

With a brand new look that speaks "Designer"

But quotes Milan by way of China

I'm gonna try to pull like Casanova

Wear shades at night and not fall over.

And while the tourists order their "bru-shetta"

I'll smugly ask for my "bru-sketta".

I may live at home till I'm fifty

But I'll spin pizza dough pretty nifty

With the Med's healthy food I'll be thriving

So to shorten my life I'll go driving.

Gonna take a tip from cognoscenti

Who teach us "dolce far niente"

I've done a language course under my duvet,

I've changed my team from Notts to Juve

Voglio essere italiano!

I'm off to lunch with Montalbano!

I wanna be Italian

I wanna be Italian

I wanna be Italian!

Basta e punto!