LIRA MIA T’AGGIU VOLUTA BENE
 
Ho lira mia quanto te voglio bene
t’hanna scacciata senza darte onore
ma’ mo’ cu’ chistu’Euro pare ca’ uno tene
non chiu’ e soldi e primme ma’ u sapore
 
Te ne si’ ghiuta senza dirme addio
ed io ca’ mo’ me trovo a st’atu munno
quanne ritorno muraraggie e nustalgia
e nun pute’ chiu’ e fa’ cu’ te’ sti’ cunte
 
Quanne ce’ stive tu erame felice
a vita nosta era comme na’ bella impresa
steveme a jiurnate a cunta’ cu’ a calcolatrice
mo’ ce’ fregane mane e piede pe’ fa’ spese
 
Mo se’ spartuto o ricco do’ pezzente
e o nomme tuoie nun sta’ chiu in calennario
erano meglio e tiempe e primme dice a gente
ca’ ce’ senteveme comme tanti milionarie 

di: Antonio De Girolamo

MY DEAR LIRA I REALLY DID LOVED YOU
 
Ho my dear LIRA how much did I loved you
they threw you out without any honors
but now with this EURO it looks like we have
not really the money we had before but just the taste
 
You left me without saying goodbye
and now that I’m on this other side of the world
when I return to Italy I will die from nostalgia
not be able to count with you my money like before
 
When you where here we where so very happy
our life was like a beautiful big project
It took us days to count our money with calculators
now they screw us left and right when we go shopping
 
Now they have separated the rich from the poor
and your name is no longer in the calendar
it was better the old times people are saying
that we all felt like real millionaires

by: Antonio De Girolamo