It Will Be My Day-Charles Aznavour

[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [by:时间戳工具V2.0_20200810] [offset:0] [00:09.72]At eighteen I grew restless for the city [00:14.31]I'd see its lights that beckoned from afar [00:19.02]I packed my dreams assured I'd be successful [00:23.61]I'd sing my songs I'd soon become a star [00:28.53]I needed clothes to make the right impression [00:33.21]I bought a suit the finest tailor made [00:38.28]Had an act then designed with the ladies in mind [00:42.87]Endure the debt I felt would be repaid [00:47.76]I dreamed I would be emblazoned in neon [00:52.65]The biggest the best above all the rest [00:54.87]Wherever I'd play [00:57.24]I dreamed I would be acknowledged the greatest [01:01.95]The cream of the crop it's good at the top [01:04.26]I was there to stay [01:06.93]The loveliest girls would gather around me [01:11.64]With photos to sign [01:12.84]They all would be mine for less than a smile [01:16.35]My curtain would cue resounding ovations [01:21.06]Their deafening roar would ring out for more [01:23.55]I'd go off in style [01:26.16]The older that I become [01:28.08]My features are ageing [01:30.60]My voice is still there my gesture's precise [01:33.09]My talent would glow [01:35.40]At times I've had bitterness for nothing has happened [01:40.08]I've struggled and strived but never arrived [01:42.33]And I'm still unknown [01:44.70]And yet yet I believe that my time is coming [01:49.68]If given the breaks I've got what it takes to go all the way [01:54.15]Then under my feet the stage would be pulsing [01:59.10]finally I'd be there in the spotlights glare [02:01.59]It would be my day [02:06.60]For thirty years it's been an endless circle [02:11.31]I've made the rounds they always look the same [02:16.02]I sing my songs but people seldom listen [02:21.09]They never care for they don't know my name [02:25.77]To keep alive I've played the third rate bookings [02:30.39]I have no choice I take what I can find [02:35.34]Sleazy clubs little pay easy girls sleep all day [02:40.23]But in my dreams I leave it far behind [02:45.00]I dreamed that I'll be relating the story [02:49.80]Of how I prevailed when I should have failed [02:52.05]In my quest for fame [02:54.36]I dreamed I would be enjoying my leisure [02:59.34]Taking life in stride ladies at my side [03:01.77]Wild from the game [03:03.78]On opening night I'll calmly be reading [03:08.85]The thousands of words from those who admire my standing alone [03:13.53]The stage light would dim the moment would quicken [03:18.42]My heart in my throat [03:19.92]Hearing the first note [03:20.94]I'd be on my own [03:23.28]I tried to find a gimmick to lift me from darkness [03:27.99]I've sung about love I've songs [03:30.48]A stale joke or two [03:32.85]If everything fails and I'm left in the shadows [03:37.77]The fault isn't mine I asked for a chance [03:39.93]But nothing came through [03:42.12]I have no one to thank [03:44.52]For no one has offered [03:47.19]To give me a hand or take any stand [03:49.50]That's out of their way [03:51.54]But deep in my heart I know [03:54.09]I know that I have it [03:56.79]And I'll get my due life and start anew [03:59.16]It will be my day