It Will Be My Day (Je m' voyais déjà)-Charles Aznavour

[ti:It Will Be My Day] [ar:Charles Aznavour] [al:Greatest Golden Hits] [offset:0] [00:00.00]It Will Be My Day - Charles Aznavour (查尔斯·阿兹纳吾尔) [00:10.30]At eighteen I grew restless for the city [00:13.55] [00:14.65]I'd see its lights that beckoned from afar [00:18.18] [00:19.42]I packed my dreams assured I'd be successful [00:23.27] [00:24.12]I'd sing my songs I'd soon become a star [00:27.74] [00:28.94]I needed clothes to make the right impression [00:32.55] [00:33.21]I bought a suit the finest tailor-made [00:37.41] [00:38.23]Had an act then designed with the ladies in mind [00:43.40]Endure the debt I felt would be repaid [00:46.86] [00:48.14]I dreamed I would be emblazoned in neon [00:51.94] [00:52.99]The biggest the best above all the rest [00:55.49]Wherever I'd play [00:56.65] [00:57.71]I dreamed I would be acknowledged the greatest [01:01.61] [01:02.25]The cream of the crop it's good at the top [01:04.83]I was there to stay [01:06.04] [01:07.39]The loveliest girls would gather around me [01:11.42] [01:12.08]With photos to sign [01:13.40]They all would be mine for less than a smile [01:15.83]My curtain would cue resounding ovations [01:20.86] [01:21.61]Their deafening roar would ring out for more [01:23.71]I'd go off in style [01:25.31] [01:26.44]The older that I become [01:28.35]My features are ageing [01:30.18] [01:31.14]My voice is still there my gesture's precise [01:32.86]My talent would glow [01:34.84] [01:35.82]At times I've had bitterness for nothing has happened [01:39.64] [01:40.56]I've struggled and strived but never arrived [01:43.09]And I'm still unknown [01:44.53] [01:45.17]And yet yet I believe that my time is coming [01:49.15] [01:50.19]If given the breaks I've got what it takes to go all the way [01:53.81] [01:54.58]Then under my feet the stage would be pulsing [01:58.88] [01:59.44]Finally I'd be there in the spotlights glare [02:02.13]It would be my day [02:04.05] [02:07.12]For thirty years it's been an endless circle [02:10.59] [02:11.69]I've made the rounds they always look the same [02:15.46] [02:16.31]I sing my songs but people seldom listen [02:20.72]They never care for they don't know my name [02:24.83] [02:25.41]To keep alive I've played the third-rate bookings [02:29.65] [02:30.87]I have no choice I take what I can find [02:34.51] [02:35.81]Sleazy clubs little pay easy girls sleep all day [02:40.88]But in my dreams I leave it far behind [02:43.94] [02:45.23]I dreamed that I'll be relating the story [02:49.55] [02:50.25]Of how I prevailed when I should have failed [02:53.04]In my quest for fame [02:54.86]I dreamed I would be enjoying my leisure [02:58.81] [02:59.64]Taking life in stride ladies at my side [03:02.31]Wild from the game [03:03.40] [03:04.29]On opening night I'll calmly be reading [03:08.34]The thousands of words from those who admire my standing alone [03:12.91] [03:14.01]The stage light would dim the moment would quicken [03:17.89] [03:18.91]My heart in my throat [03:20.25]Hearing the first note [03:21.26]I'd be on my own [03:22.56] [03:23.75]I tried to find a gimmick to lift me from darkness [03:27.55] [03:28.40]I've sung about love I've songs [03:30.49]A stale joke or two [03:32.18] [03:33.06]If everything fails and I'm left in the shadows [03:37.23] [03:38.23]The fault isn't mine I asked for a chance [03:40.51]But nothing came through [03:42.01] [03:42.54]I have no one to thank [03:45.09]For no one has offered [03:47.07]To give me a hand or take any stand [03:50.14]That's out of their way [03:52.12]But deep in my heart I know [03:55.57]I know that I have it [03:57.18]And I'll get my due life and start anew [03:59.53]It will be my day [04:02.13]