Academy Award Winning Song, 1963

MORE
(Theme from “Mondo Cane”)

English Lyric by Norman Newell
Italian lyric by M. Ciorciolini
Music by R. Ortolani and N. Oliviero

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MORE THAN THE GREATEST LOVE THE WORLD HAS KNOWN,
THIS IS THE LOVE I'LL GIVE TO YOU ALONE,
MORE THAN THE SIMPLE WORDS I TRY TO SAY,
I ONLY LIVE TO LOVE YOU MORE EACH DAY.

MORE THAN YOU'LL EVER KNOW,
MY ARMS LONG TO HOLD YOU SO,
MY LIFE WILL BE IN YOUR KEEPING,
WAKING, SLEEPING, LAUGHING, WEEPING.

LONGER THAN ALWAYS IS A LONG, LONG TIME,
BUT FAR BEYOND FOREVER YOU'LL BE MINE.
I KNOW I NEVER LIVED BEFORE,
AND MY HEART IS VERY SURE,
NO ONE ELSE COULD LOVE YOU MORE.

*(Repeat twice .)

Italian Lyrics

Se tu mi guardi in fondo al cuor, vedrai
Un nome scritto con le nuvole
Che ombre disegnano di favola
Con la magia d'un incante si mo.
E se quel nome leggerai
Una voce sentirai,
La mia voce che ti dice:
"T'amo, t'amo, t'amo."
Sulle parole che si spengono
Cadono mille note tenere
E perla mia felicita,
perla tua felicita
Questo incanto restera.

[repeat twice]

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