Lyrics and translation Billy Bragg - Between the Wars (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
I
was
a
miner
J'étais
mineur
I
was
a
docker
J'étais
docker
I
was
a
railway
man
J'étais
cheminot
Between
the
wars
Entre
les
guerres
I
raised
a
family
J'ai
élevé
une
famille
In
times
of
austerity
En
période
d'austérité
With
sweat
at
the
foundry
Avec
la
sueur
à
la
fonderie
Between
the
wars
Entre
les
guerres
I
paid
the
union
and
as
times
got
harder
J'ai
payé
l'union
et
au
fur
et
à
mesure
que
les
temps
devenaient
plus
durs
I
looked
to
the
government
to
help
the
working
man
Je
me
suis
tourné
vers
le
gouvernement
pour
aider
l'homme
qui
travaille
But
they
brought
prosperity
down
at
the
armoury
Mais
ils
ont
fait
tomber
la
prospérité
à
l'arsenal
We're
arming
for
peace
my
boys!
On
arme
pour
la
paix
mes
amis
!
Between
the
wars
Entre
les
guerres
I
kept
the
faith
and
I
kept
voting
J'ai
gardé
la
foi
et
j'ai
continué
à
voter
Not
for
the
iron
fist
but
for
the
helping
hand
Pas
pour
le
poing
de
fer,
mais
pour
la
main
secourable
For
theirs
is
a
land
with
a
wall
around
it
Car
le
leur
est
une
terre
avec
un
mur
autour
And
mine
is
a
faith
in
my
fellow
man
Et
moi,
j'ai
foi
en
mon
prochain
Theirs
is
a
land
of
hope
and
glory
Le
leur
est
une
terre
d'espoir
et
de
gloire
Mine
is
the
green
field
and
the
factory
floor
La
mienne
est
le
champ
vert
et
l'atelier
Theirs
are
the
skies
all
dark
with
bombers
Leurs
sont
les
cieux
noirs
de
bombardiers
And
mine
is
the
peace
we
knew
Et
la
mienne
est
la
paix
que
nous
connaissions
Between
the
wars
Entre
les
guerres
Call
up
the
craftsmen
Appelez
les
artisans
Bring
me
the
draughtsmen
Amenez-moi
les
dessinateurs
Build
me
a
path
from
cradle
to
grave
Construisez-moi
un
chemin
du
berceau
à
la
tombe
And
I'll
give
my
consent
Et
je
donnerai
mon
consentement
To
any
government
À
n'importe
quel
gouvernement
That
does
not
deny
a
man
a
living
wage
Qui
ne
refuse
pas
à
un
homme
un
salaire
décent
Go
find
the
young
men
never
to
fight
again
Allez
trouver
les
jeunes
hommes
pour
qu'ils
ne
se
battent
plus
jamais
Bring
up
the
banners
from
the
days
gone
by
Ramenez
les
bannières
des
jours
anciens
Sweet
moderation
Douce
modération
Heart
of
this
nation
Cœur
de
cette
nation
Desert
us
not,
we
are
Ne
nous
abandonna
pas,
nous
sommes
Between
the
wars
Entre
les
guerres
Rate the translation
1
The Milkman of Human Kindness
2 Nicaragua Nicarguita
3 Blake's Jerusalem
4 The Marching Song of the Covert Battalions
5 I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night
6 The Internationale
7 Hold the Fort
8 Only Bad Signs
9 A Nurse's Life Is Full of Woe
10 Greetings To the New Brunette (Demo)
11 The Clashing of Ideologies (Alternative Version)
12 Wishing the Days Away (Alternative Version)
13 The Tracks of My Tears
14 There Is Power In a Union (Instrumental)
15 Deportees
16 Sin City
17 The Home Front
18 The Warmest Room
19 The Passion
20 Wishing the Days Away
21 The Red Flag
22 My Youngest Son Came Home Today
23 Introduction (Live)
24 Help Save the Youth of America (Live)
25 Between the Wars (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
26 There Is Power In a Union (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
27 A Lover Sings (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
28 The Milkman of Human Kindness (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
29 The Saturday Boy (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
30 Jeane (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
31 Which Side Are You On (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
32 It Says Here (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
33 The Marriage (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
34 Help Save the Youth of America
35 From a Vauxhall to a Velox (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
36 A Change Is Gonna Come
37 Never Cross a Picket Line
38 This Land Is Your Land
39 Joe Hill
40 There is Power In a Union (With the Pattersons) [Alternative Version]
41 To Have and to Have Not - Live
42 Days Like These (DC Remix)
43 Chile Your Waters Run Red Through Soweto (Live)
44 Think Again (Live)
45 A Miner's Life
46 To Have and to Have Not (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
47 There Is Power in a Union
48 Levi Stubbs' Tears
49 Love Gets Dangerous
50 It Says Here
51 Fear Is a Man's Best Friend
52 A13, Trunk Road to the Sea
53 The Man in the Iron Mask (Alternative Version)
54 The Cloth (2)
55 Love Gets Dangerous (Alternative Version)
56 This Guitar Says Sorry (Alternative Version)
57 Loving You Too Long
58 Speedway Hero
59 Love Lives Here
60 The Cloth (1)
61 Strange Things Happen (Alternative Version)
62 Lovers Town Revisited
63 The Busy Girl Buys Beauty
64 The Man in the Iron Mask
65 A New England
66 Richard
67 To Have and to Have Not
68 The Myth of Trust
69 From a Vauxhall Velox
70 The Saturday Boy
71 Island of No Reurn
72 Ideology
73 The Marriage
74 Train Train
75 Greetings to the New Brunette
76 The World Turned Upside Down
77 Between the Wars
78 It Says Here (Alternative Version)
79 Which Side Are You On
80 A Lover Sings (Alternative Version)
81 Honey, I'm a Big Boy Now
82 Back To The Old House
83 You Got The Power
84 Talking Wag Club Blues
85 Won't Talk About It
86 It Must Be A River
87 A Lover Sings
88 Strange Things Happen
89 This Guitar Says Sorry
90 Like Solders Do
91 St. Swithin's Day
92 The Last Time
2 Nicaragua Nicarguita
3 Blake's Jerusalem
4 The Marching Song of the Covert Battalions
5 I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night
6 The Internationale
7 Hold the Fort
8 Only Bad Signs
9 A Nurse's Life Is Full of Woe
10 Greetings To the New Brunette (Demo)
11 The Clashing of Ideologies (Alternative Version)
12 Wishing the Days Away (Alternative Version)
13 The Tracks of My Tears
14 There Is Power In a Union (Instrumental)
15 Deportees
16 Sin City
17 The Home Front
18 The Warmest Room
19 The Passion
20 Wishing the Days Away
21 The Red Flag
22 My Youngest Son Came Home Today
23 Introduction (Live)
24 Help Save the Youth of America (Live)
25 Between the Wars (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
26 There Is Power In a Union (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
27 A Lover Sings (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
28 The Milkman of Human Kindness (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
29 The Saturday Boy (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
30 Jeane (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
31 Which Side Are You On (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
32 It Says Here (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
33 The Marriage (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
34 Help Save the Youth of America
35 From a Vauxhall to a Velox (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
36 A Change Is Gonna Come
37 Never Cross a Picket Line
38 This Land Is Your Land
39 Joe Hill
40 There is Power In a Union (With the Pattersons) [Alternative Version]
41 To Have and to Have Not - Live
42 Days Like These (DC Remix)
43 Chile Your Waters Run Red Through Soweto (Live)
44 Think Again (Live)
45 A Miner's Life
46 To Have and to Have Not (Live San Fransisco 3 June 1985)
47 There Is Power in a Union
48 Levi Stubbs' Tears
49 Love Gets Dangerous
50 It Says Here
51 Fear Is a Man's Best Friend
52 A13, Trunk Road to the Sea
53 The Man in the Iron Mask (Alternative Version)
54 The Cloth (2)
55 Love Gets Dangerous (Alternative Version)
56 This Guitar Says Sorry (Alternative Version)
57 Loving You Too Long
58 Speedway Hero
59 Love Lives Here
60 The Cloth (1)
61 Strange Things Happen (Alternative Version)
62 Lovers Town Revisited
63 The Busy Girl Buys Beauty
64 The Man in the Iron Mask
65 A New England
66 Richard
67 To Have and to Have Not
68 The Myth of Trust
69 From a Vauxhall Velox
70 The Saturday Boy
71 Island of No Reurn
72 Ideology
73 The Marriage
74 Train Train
75 Greetings to the New Brunette
76 The World Turned Upside Down
77 Between the Wars
78 It Says Here (Alternative Version)
79 Which Side Are You On
80 A Lover Sings (Alternative Version)
81 Honey, I'm a Big Boy Now
82 Back To The Old House
83 You Got The Power
84 Talking Wag Club Blues
85 Won't Talk About It
86 It Must Be A River
87 A Lover Sings
88 Strange Things Happen
89 This Guitar Says Sorry
90 Like Solders Do
91 St. Swithin's Day
92 The Last Time
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