It Will Be My Day-Charles Aznavour

[ti:It will be my day (Live)] [ar:Charles Aznavour] [al:Au Carnegie Hall] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]It Will Be My Day (Live From Carnegie Hall,United States/1995) - Charles Aznavour [00:18.52]At eighteen I grew restless for the city [00:23.34] [00:25.95]I'd see its lights that beckoned from afar [00:29.92] [00:33.08]I packed my dreams assured I'd be successful [00:38.18] [00:40.80]I'd sing my songs I'd soon become a star [00:44.89] [00:47.80]I needed clothes to make the right impression [00:52.92] [00:55.59]I bought a suit the finest tailor made [01:00.21] [01:03.74]Had an act then designed with the ladies in mind [01:09.37] [01:10.44]Endure the debt I felt would be repaid [01:15.03] [01:19.40]I dreamed I would be emblazoned in neon [01:22.51] [01:23.96]The biggest the best above all the rest [01:25.50] [01:26.08]Wherever I'd play [01:26.85] [01:28.03]I dreamed I would be acknowledged the greatest [01:31.33] [01:32.87]The cream of the crop it's good at the top [01:34.85]I was there to stay [01:35.73] [01:37.17]The loveliest girls would gather around me [01:40.94] [01:41.84]With photos to sign [01:42.84]They all would be mine for less than a smile [01:44.88] [01:46.12]My curtain would cue resounding ovations [01:49.45] [01:51.00]Their deafening roar would ring out for more [01:52.72] [01:53.23]I'd go off in style [01:54.07] [01:55.36]The older that I become [01:56.20] [01:57.60]My features are ageing [01:58.49] [01:59.77]My voice is still there my gesture's precise [02:01.80] [02:02.39]My talent would glow [02:03.11] [02:04.10]At times I've had bitterness for nothing has happened [02:07.48] [02:08.82]I've struggled and striven but never arrived [02:10.49] [02:11.16]And I'm still unknown [02:12.09] [02:12.64]And yet yet I believe that my time is coming [02:16.69] [02:18.02]If given the breaks I've got what it takes to go all the way [02:21.18] [02:21.84]Then under my feet the stage would be pulsing [02:25.74] [02:27.14]Finally I'd be there in the spotlights glare [02:29.23]It would be my day [02:30.38] [02:34.53]For thirty years it's been an endless circle [02:36.78] [02:38.57]I've made the rounds they always look the same [02:41.26] [02:42.90]I sing my songs but people seldom listen [02:45.95] [02:47.62]They never care for they don't know my name [02:50.56] [02:52.14]To keep alive I've played the third rate bookings [02:54.80] [02:56.61]I have no choice I take what I can find [02:59.60] [03:01.21]Sleazy clubs little pay easy girls sleep all day [03:05.37] [03:05.93]But in my dreams I leave it far behind [03:08.66] [03:10.23]I dreamed that I'll be relating the story [03:13.59] [03:14.55]Of how I prevailed when I should have failed [03:16.46] [03:16.99]In my quest for fame [03:17.94] [03:19.11]I dreamed I would be enjoying my leisure [03:22.37] [03:23.59]Taking life in stride ladies at my side [03:26.09]Wild from the game [03:27.10] [03:27.96]On opening night I'll calmly be reading [03:31.70] [03:32.77]The thousands of words from those who admire my standing alone [03:35.85] [03:37.28]The stage light would dim the moment would quicken [03:40.41] [03:41.84]My heart in my throat [03:42.93]Hearing the first note [03:43.69] [03:44.25]I'd be on my own [03:45.04] [03:46.11]I tried to find a gimmick to lift me from darkness [03:49.68] [03:50.88]I've sung about love I've sung I've songs [03:52.73] [03:53.33]A stale joke or two [03:54.17] [03:55.37]If everything fails and I'm left in the shadows [03:58.27] [03:59.96]The fault isn't mine I asked for a chance [04:01.56] [04:02.11]But nothing came through [04:03.13] [04:04.32]I have no one to thank [04:05.56] [04:06.56]For no one has offered [04:07.58] [04:08.94]To give me a hand or take any stand [04:11.06]That's out of their way [04:12.10] [04:12.70]But deep in my heart I know [04:15.22] [04:15.73]I know that I have it [04:16.61] [04:17.89]And I'll get my due life and start anew [04:19.75] [04:20.30]It will be my day