Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Le pauvre vieux, artist - Claude Barzotti. Album song Aime-moi, in the genre Поп
Date of issue: 12.03.2008
Record label: AMC
Song language: French
Le pauvre vieux(original) |
Assis les mains en poches, sur une banquette de métro |
Il est bientôt cinq heures, il va commencer son boulot |
Un vieil accordéon qu’il traîne depuis des années |
Un peu désaccordé mais il va le faire éclater |
Parfois, parfois il voudrait bien mourir, le pauvre vieux |
De la monnaie que l’on lui jette, il est honteux |
Il baisse la tête, d’un regard triste, il dit merci |
Sans le savoir, vous lui avez rendu la vie |
Alors il fait chanter son instrument, le pauvre vieux |
Plus fort que mille accordéons, le pauvre vieux |
Bien sûr qu’il a rêvé d'être un grand musicien |
Mais dans la vie on ne choisit pas son destin |
Parfois, quand il s’arrête pour se rouler une cigarette |
Il se met à regarder le décor qui n’a pas changé |
Les posters déchirés, un vieil pendule arrêté |
Qui depuis des années, n’a jamais été réparé |
Parfois, parfois il voudrait bien mourir, le pauvre vieux |
De la monnaie que l’on lui jette, il est honteux |
Il baisse la tête, d’un regard triste, il dit merci |
Sans le savoir, vous lui avez rendu la vie |
Alors il fait chanter son instrument, le pauvre vieux |
Plus fort que mille accordéons, le pauvre vieux |
Bien sûr qu’il a rêvé d'être un grand musicien |
Mais dans la vie on ne choisit pas son destin |
Un jour où l’autre, le pauvre vieux nous quittera |
Et dans les couloirs du métro il manquera |
Toutes ses chansons qui font penser à l’Italie |
Toutes ses chansons qu’il a jouées toute sa vie |
(translation) |
Sitting hands in pockets, on a subway bench |
It's nearly five o'clock, he's about to start his job |
An old accordion he's been dragging around for years |
A little out of tune but he'll make it pop |
Sometimes, sometimes he would like to die, the poor old |
Of the coins thrown at him he is ashamed |
He lowers his head, with a sad look, he says thank you |
Without knowing it, you brought him back to life |
So he makes his instrument sing, poor old |
Louder than a thousand accordions, poor old |
Of course he dreamed of being a great musician |
But in life you don't choose your destiny |
Sometimes when he stops to roll a cigarette |
He begins to look at the scenery which has not changed |
Torn posters, an old pendulum stopped |
Which for years, has never been repaired |
Sometimes, sometimes he would like to die, the poor old |
Of the coins thrown at him he is ashamed |
He lowers his head, with a sad look, he says thank you |
Without knowing it, you brought him back to life |
So he makes his instrument sing, poor old |
Louder than a thousand accordions, poor old |
Of course he dreamed of being a great musician |
But in life you don't choose your destiny |
One day the poor old will leave us |
And in the corridors of the metro he will miss |
All his songs that make you think of Italy |
All his songs he played all his life |