SEKS BOMBA / FRAN JEFFRIES – It Had Better Be tonight / Meglio Stasera

From the Operation B.O.M.B.A. album (1999)

Seks Bomba is a mostly-instrumental, Boston Music Award winning, very hard-to-define rock band. They performed extensively in the northeast (US) between 1994 and 2005, released 3 CDs, and made a lasting impact on modern lounge and surf music, still receiving airplay to this day.

“Meglio stasera” (known in English as “It Had Better Be Tonight”) is a 1963 song in samba rhythm with music by Henry Mancini, Italian lyrics by Franco Migliacci and English lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It was composed for the 1963 film The Pink Panther, in which it was performed by Fran Jeffries. In addition to the vocal performance, instrumental portions of the song appear in the film’s underscore, sometimes as an introduction to the main “Pink Panther Theme”.

If you’re ever gonna kiss me It had better be tonight While the mandolins are playing And stars are bright

If you’ve anything to tell me It had better be tonight Or somebody else may tell me And whisper the words just right

Meglio stasera, baby, go go go! Or as we natives say, “Fa subito!”

If you’re ever gonna hold me It had better be tonight Or somebody else may hold me They might make me feel just right

Meglio stasera, baby, go go go! Or as we natives say, “Fa subito!”

For this poor Americano Who knows little of your speech Be a nice Italiana And start to teach

Show me how in old Milano Lovers hold each other oh so tight But I warn you sweet paisana It had better be tonight

Meglio stasera, baby, go go go! Or as we natives say, “Fa subito!”

Meglio stasera, che domani o mai Domani chi lo sa, quel che sarà? Non mi dire d’aspettare Il domani che verrà è una porta che tu chiudi Fra me e te Se stasera ti decidi A rispondermi di sì I domani che verranno Li dedico solo a te Meglio stasera, che domani o mai Domani chi lo sa, quel che sarà? Nasce il giorno ed il giorno muore E la notte porterà L’incertezza del domani Chi sa, chi sa? Basta un desiderio solo A non farti riposar; è una pulce sul lenzuolo Che dormire non ti fa Meglio stasera, che domani o mai Domani chi lo sa, quel che sarà? Se stasera ti decidi A rispondermi di sì I domani che verranno Li dedico solo a te Meglio stasera, che domani o mai Domani chi lo sa, quel che sarà?