Texts of the Neapolitan songs

Ogne ghiuorno 'na scenata
Nun 'a pozzo suppurtà.
Nun te sì capacitata,
Nun vuò proprio raggiunà.
Si ogneduno 'e nuje s'affanna
P' 'o prubblema d' 'o campà,
Cu un cuore e una capanna
Che vulimmo cumbinà?

'E denare…
'E denare sulamente
Fanno 'e ccose dint' a nniente.
Cu 'e denare addiviente signore,
Cu 'e denare s'imbroglia e se spera
E quanno tocca può scanzà 'a galera,
'O munno te può vennere e accattà.
Sultanto 'o core denare nun ne vò,
Ma cerca 'a libbertà
E aspetta ll'ora d' 'a felicità.

E pur'isso 'stu paese
Nun se pò cchiù guvernà.
Cu 'e lusinghe, cu 'e surprese,
Cu 'e cuntraste e c' 'o parlà
Chi vò tutto, chi vò niente,
Chi 'o vò russo
E chi marrò
Ma nisciuno seriamente
Penza a chello ca ce vò.

'E denare…
'E denare sulamente
Fanno 'e ccose dint' a nniente.
Cu 'e denare se vinceno 'e guerre,
Cu 'e denare se fa 'o deputato,
Diviente intelligente e rispettato
Quanta cchiù fessarie tu saje smammà.
Sultanto 'o core denare nun ne vò,
Ma cerca 'a libbertà
E aspetta ll'ora d' 'a felicità.

A quarrel every day
I can't stand it anymore.
You had not accepted this situation,
You just don't want to come to terms with it.
If each of us struggles
With life's problems,
Two hearts in a hut
How can we join them?

The money…
Only the money
Gives you everything all at once.
With the money you can become a lord,
With the money you can cheat and hope
And, if it happens, you can avoid prison,
You can buy and sale the whole world.
But your heart doesn't need money,
It searches for the freedom
And waits for a happy hour.

This country also
Can no longer be governed.
With flattery, with surprises,
With contrasts and jabber
Someone wants everything, someone wants nothing,
Someone wants it this way
And someone else wants it the other way
But no one thinks seriously
About what he needs.

The money…
Only the money
Gives you everything all at once.
With the money you can win the wars,
With the money you can become a deputy,
You can become intelligent and respected
But say so much nonsense.
But your heart doesn't need money,
It searches for the freedom
And waits for a happy hour.