One more clip of the Self Control era! Laura Branigan and her band performing the powerful and emotional ballad “Ti Amo” of her third album Self Control at the variety TV show Solid Gold. Show aired on November 10, 1984.
This is an English version rewritten by Diane Warren of the Italian hit song originally written by Giancarlo Bigazzi and singer Umberto Tozzi in 1977. Laura’s version was very successful mainly in Australia and Canada, was a minor hit in the United States and New Zealand.
Ti amo, God how I love you so
My heart just won’t let go
Day after day, I’m still holdin’ on
Even though you’re gone
Ti amo, wasn’t I good to you?
I did all that I could do
To make you want to be here with me
I thought you loved me
I can’t believe, you could just turn and leave
You did it so easily
You pulled my world out from under me
Look what you’ve done to me
How could you end it this way
After the love that we made?
God, how I wish you had stayed
Can’t you see that I just want you back?
Ti amo, I never had a clue
That I was losin’ you
You never once let me know
You were lettin’ me go
Oh, I guess it was there in your eyes
Guess it was there in your sighs
Guess it was there in your lies
I was blind then, couldn’t face the end
Ti amo, thought we’d go on and on
Thought we had something strong
You pulled my world out from under me
Look what you’ve done to me
How could you end it this way
After the love that we made?
God, how I wish you had stayed
Can’t you see that I just want you back?
Ti amo, God how I love you so
My heart just won’t let go
Day after day, I’m still holdin’ on
Even though you’re gone
Guess it was there in your eyes
Guess it was there in your sighs
Guess it was there in your lies
I was blind then, couldn’t face the end
Ti amo, thought we’d go on and on
Thought we had something strong
You pulled my world out from under me
Look what you’ve done to me
How could you end it this way
After the love that we made?
God, how I wish you had stayed
Can’t you see that I just want you back?
Ti amo, wasn’t I good to you?
Did all that I could do
To make you want to be here with me
I thought you loved me
I can’t believe, you could just turn and leave
You did it so easily
You pulled my world out from under me
Look what you’ve done to me
Ti amo, God how I love you so
My heart just won’t let go
Day after day I’m still holdin’ on
Even though you’re gone
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