Happy Anniversary-Charles Aznavour

[ti:Happy anniversary (live)] [ar:Charles Aznavour] [al:Au Carnegie Hall] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Happy Anniversary (Live From Carnegie Hall,United States/1995) - Charles Aznavour [00:12.07]I've been ready for hours [00:13.28] [00:15.99]And I'm wearing my best [00:17.27] [00:18.37]Ordered champagne and flowers [00:20.06] [00:22.10]And you're not even dressed [00:23.25] [00:24.67]Tonight's a special night [00:26.27] [00:27.93]To remember with pride [00:29.15] [00:30.02]These twenty happy years [00:33.00]Since you became my bride [00:35.74] [00:37.39]It is all too absurd; [00:38.62] [00:39.90]You're so cross and abrupt [00:41.57]So I don't say a word [00:44.84] [00:46.24]Or you're bound to erupt [00:48.47]Your peculiar moods [00:50.71] [00:52.33]I've experienced before [00:53.84] [00:54.62]So I'll pour another drink [00:57.65]And quietly pace the floor [01:00.61] [01:02.11]It's a quarter to eight as we fretfully wait [01:06.80]For your little black dress; [01:09.50] [01:11.10]That was promised by six [01:12.34] [01:14.32]Is it just rotten luck [01:15.81] [01:16.99]When we're doing the town [01:18.27] [01:19.73]That the fates should conspire [01:22.33]To let us mortals down [01:24.96] [01:26.32]I have seats for a show [01:28.04] [01:29.85]And it's opening night [01:31.03] [01:32.09]My shoes do not fit me [01:34.23] [01:35.23]And my suit is too tight [01:36.91] [01:38.01]And you sit there and curse [01:40.18] [01:42.09]An occasional curse [01:43.17] [01:45.19]And I've got a headache [01:46.42] [01:47.07]That's quickly getting worse [01:49.92] [01:54.72]Happy anniversary [01:55.76] [02:00.70]Happy anniversary [02:02.14] [02:08.51]They deliver your frock [02:10.06] [02:12.28]But you're still in distress [02:15.31]It was past nine o clock [02:16.81] [02:17.87]When I helped you to dress [02:19.20] [02:20.27]I tried to do you up [02:22.02] [02:24.24]But it wasn't my day [02:25.87]For then to fill my cup [02:28.16] [02:28.78]Your zipper stuck half way [02:31.34] [02:33.26]I got all in a sweat [02:34.47] [02:35.95]Over anxious and vexed [02:37.25] [02:38.46]Will I ever forget the thing [02:41.75]That happened next [02:43.18] [02:44.31]Your dress just came apart [02:46.28] [02:47.68]With one terrible tear [02:49.10] [02:50.79]Your disappointed cries [02:52.10] [02:52.64]Were more than I could bear [02:55.27] [02:55.93]At eleven at last [02:57.25] [02:59.11]When we got into town [03:00.50] [03:02.05]We arrived at the show [03:03.28] [03:05.48]But the curtain was down [03:06.68] [03:08.25]I suggested a bite No [03:09.70] [03:10.66]No you wanted to walk [03:12.08] [03:13.95]You had no appetite [03:15.75] [03:16.74]And no desire to talk [03:18.52]So we strolled for an hour [03:22.05] [03:23.20]And the evening was sweet [03:24.83] [03:26.59]And I bought you a flower [03:27.78]From a man in the street [03:28.87] [03:31.67]And we kissed on the sidewalk [03:33.71] [03:34.97]Without reason or rhyme [03:36.60] [03:37.71]We knew that our love [03:39.53] [03:40.67]Is much stronger than time [03:43.13] [03:47.64]Happy anniversary [03:49.00] [03:53.35]Happy anniversary [03:54.52] [03:59.29]Happy anniversary