In an old box at La Scala
In January '93, a gala show
Stepped down from a romantic coupé
So many people in the hall
All Milan is in grand soirée to hear Tamagno
In an old box at La Scala
What a lineup of tenors and sopranos
Then from the old box at La Scala
There's the rendezvous at the buffet
A sip of Marsala, two, three marrons glacés
And at the exit the flower-girl of La Scala offers a little bunch of pansies
In an old box at La Scala in January of
Fifty-three, a gala show, ladies in low-cut gowns
Stepped down from a modern cabriolet
So many people in the hall
All Milan is in grand soirée to hear the composers
Bold and innovative, but it always comes back to the box at La Scala
The music of far earlier times
Then slowly the curtain falls
The lights go down in the foyer
The hall's already empty and nothing remains but
This old box of the old Scala
Of January '93
Now it's only a lie, the hall, the crowd's gone
This old box of the old Scala
Of January '93