All right, this is the deciding factor, I might be banned from the board for this alien desire! My favorite is the Belgian Jacques Brel, ugly as sin and a woman hater to boot. He was a real poet, the French speaking world calls him a minstrel. This song is about a love that lasted 20 years, with all the pain and deceptions involved in a long relationship. He describes their relationship as taking place in "a room without a crib", boy, can I relate to that! Aren't you lucky? the subtitles are in Italian AND English:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOcDwYQPp0Y"]YouTube - Jacques Brel Chanson des Vieux Amants English & It. subtitle[/ame]