Lyrics and translation Billy Joel - Keeping the Faith (Remastered)

Keeping the Faith (Remastered)

Garder la foi (Remasterisé)

If it seems like I've been lost

Si tu as l'impression que je me suis perdu

In let's remember

Dans "souvenons-nous"

If you think I'm feeling older

Si tu penses que je me sens plus vieux

And missing my younger days

Et que je m'ennuie de mes jeunes années

Oh, then you should have known

Oh, alors tu aurais dû me connaître

Me much better

Beaucoup mieux

'Cause my past is something that never

Parce que mon passé est quelque chose qui n'a jamais

Got in my way

Empêché mon chemin

Oh no

Oh non

Still I would not be here now

Je ne serais pas ici maintenant

If I never had the hunger

Si je n'avais jamais eu la faim

And I'm not ashamed to say

Et je n'ai pas honte de le dire

The wild boys were my friends

Les garçons sauvages étaient mes amis

'Cause I never felt the desire

Parce que je n'ai jamais ressenti le désir

'til their music set me on fire

Jusqu'à ce que leur musique m'enflamme

And then I was saved, yeah

Et puis j'ai été sauvé, oui

That's why I'm keeping the faith

C'est pourquoi je garde la foi

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Oui, oui, oui, oui

Keeping the faith

Garder la foi

We wore matador boots

On portait des bottes de matador

Only flagg brothers had them with the cuban heel

Seuls les frères Flagg les avaient avec le talon cubain

Iridescent socks with the same color shirt

Des chaussettes irisées avec un chemisier de la même couleur

And a tight pair of chinos

Et un pantalon chino serré

I put on my shark skin jacket

J'ai enfilé mon blouson en peau de requin

You know the kind with the velvet collar

Tu sais, le genre avec le col en velours

And ditty-bop shades

Et des lunettes de soleil dites-moi

Oh yeah

Oh oui

I took a fresh pack of luckys

J'ai pris un paquet frais de Lucky

And a mint called sen-sen

Et une menthe appelée Sen-Sen

My old man's trojans

Les vieux Trojans de mon père

And his old spice after shave

Et son eau de Cologne Old Spice

Combed my hair in a pompadour

J'ai coiffé mes cheveux en banane

Like the rest of the romeos wore

Comme le reste des Roméo les portaient

A permanent wave

Une permanente

Yeah

Oui

We were keeping the faith

On gardait la foi

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Oui, oui, oui, oui

Keeping the faith

Garder la foi

You can get just so much

Tu peux avoir tellement

From a good thing

D'une bonne chose

You can linger too long

Tu peux rester trop longtemps

In your dreams

Dans tes rêves

Say goodbye to the

Dis au revoir aux

Oldies but goodies

"Oldies but goodies"

'Cause the good ole days weren't

Parce que les bons vieux jours n'étaient pas

Always good

Toujours bons

And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems

Et demain n'est pas aussi mauvais qu'il n'y paraît

Learned stickball as a formal education

J'ai appris le stickball comme une éducation formelle

Lost a lot of fights

J'ai perdu beaucoup de combats

But it taught me how to lose o.k.

Mais ça m'a appris à perdre OK

I heard about sex

J'ai entendu parler du sexe

But not enough

Mais pas assez

I found you could dance

J'ai découvert que tu pouvais danser

And still look tough anyway

Et quand même paraître dur de toute façon

Oh yes I did

Oh oui, je l'ai fait

I found out a man ain't just being macho

J'ai découvert qu'un homme n'est pas juste être macho

Ate an awful lot of late night drive-in food

J'ai mangé beaucoup de nourriture de drive-in tard dans la nuit

Drank a lot of take-home pay

J'ai bu beaucoup de salaire à emporter

I thought I was the duke of earl

Je pensais être le duc d'Earl

When I made it with a red-haired girl

Quand je l'ai fait avec une fille rousse

In the chevrolet

Dans la Chevrolet

Oh yeah

Oh oui

We were keeping the faith

On gardait la foi

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Oui, oui, oui, oui

Keeping the faith

Garder la foi

You know the good ole days weren't

Tu sais que les bons vieux jours n'étaient pas

Always good

Toujours bons

And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems

Et demain n'est pas aussi mauvais qu'il n'y paraît

Now I told you my reasons

Maintenant, je t'ai donné mes raisons

For the whole revival

Pour toute la renaissance

Now I'm going outside to have

Maintenant, je vais dehors pour avoir

An ice cold beer in the shade

Une bière glacée à l'ombre

I'm going to listen to my 45's

Je vais écouter mes 45 tours

Ain't it wonderful to be alive

N'est-ce pas merveilleux d'être vivant

When the rock 'n' roll plays

Quand le rock 'n' roll joue

Yeah

Oui

When the memory stays

Quand le souvenir reste

Yeah

Oui

I'm keeping the faith

Je garde la foi

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Oui, oui, oui, oui

Keeping the faith

Garder la foi

I'm keeping the faith

Je garde la foi

Yes I am

Oui, je le fais

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Writer(s): BILLY JOEL

Album

The Complete Albums Collection

date of release

17-01-2014

1 Captain Jack
2 If I Only Had the Words
3 Stop in Nevada
4 Worse Comes to Worst
5 Ain't No Crime
6 Piano Man
7 Got to Begin Again
8 Nocturne
9 Tomorrow Is Today
10 You Look So Good to Me
11 Turn Around
12 Falling of the Rain
13 Why Judy Why
14 You Can Make Me Free
15 Streetlife Serenader
16 The Great Suburban Showdown
17 Roberta
18 Modern Woman (Remastered)
19 A Matter of Trust (Remastered)
20 This Is the Time (Remastered)
21 Running on Ice (Remastered)
22 Keeping the Faith (Remastered)
23 Christie Lee (Remastered)
24 Uptown Girl (Remastered)
25 Tell Her About It (Remastered)
26 The Longest Time (Remastered)
27 An Innocent Man (Remastered)
28 Easy Money (Remastered)
29 Half a Mile Away
30 Zanzibar
31 Everybody Has a Dream
32 Get It Right the First Time
33 She's Always a Woman
34 Vienna
35 Just the Way You Are
36 Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
37 Prelude / Angry Young Man
38 James
39 New York State of Mind
40 All You Wanna Do Is Dance
41 Summer, Highland Falls
42 Say Goodbye to Hollywood
43 Souvenir
44 Weekend Song
45 Last of the Big Time Spenders
46 The Entertainer
47 Until the Night
48 52nd Street
49 Sometimes a Fantasy
50 I've Loved These Days (Live) [Remastered]
51 The Ballad of Billy the Kid (Live) [Remastered]
52 You're My Home (Live) [Remastered]
53 Captain Jack (Live) [Remastered]
54 Say Goodbye to Hollywood (Live) [Remastered]
55 Everybody Loves You Now (Live) [Remastered]
56 She's Got a Way (Live) [Remastered]
57 Los Angelenos (Live) [Remastered]
58 Summer, Highland Falls (Live) [Remastered]
59 Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go out on Broadway) [Live] [Remastered]
60 Where's the Orchestra
61 Scandinavian Skies
62 Surprises
63 A Room of Our Own
64 Goodnight Saigon
65 Laura
66 Allentown
67 Through the Long Night
68 Sleeping With the Television On
69 I Don't Want to Be Alone
70 Don't Ask Me Why
71 Leave a Tender Moment Alone (Remastered)
72 The Mexican Connection
73 I'll Cry Instead (Live)
74 Rosalinda's Eyes
75 Storm Front (Remastered)
76 You're Only Human (Second Wind)
77 She's Right on Time
78 She's Got A Way
79 Where Were You On Our Wedding Day
80 I’ve Loved These Days
81 Travelin' Prayer
82 Elvis Presley Boulevard
83 Close to the Borderline
84 C'etait toi (You Were the One)
85 The Downeaster "Alexa" (Remastered)
86 And So It Goes (Remastered)
87 Big Man on Mulberry Street (Remastered)
88 Careless Talk (Remastered)
89 Getting Closer (Remastered)
90 I Go to Extremes (Remastered)
91 Leningrad (Remastered)
92 Shameless (Remastered)
93 State of Grace (Remastered)
94 Streetlife Serenader (Live) [Remastered]
95 That's Not Her Style (Remastered)
96 This Night (Remastered)
97 Baby Grand (with Ray Charles) (Remastered)
98 Code of Silence (Remastered)
99 Temptation (Remastered)
100 We Didn't Start the Fire (Remastered)
101 When in Rome (Remastered)
102 Two Thousand Years
103 In a Sentimental Mood
104 House of Blue Light
105 All My Life
106 A Minor Variation
107 Blonde Over Blue
108 Famous Last Words
109 Shades of Grey
110 Don't Worry Baby
111 All Shook Up
112 You Picked a Real Bad Time
113 Heartbreak Hotel
114 Nobody Knows But Me
115 Light As the Breeze
116 The Great Wall of China
117 No Man's Land
118 When You Wish Upon a Star
119 Root Beer Rag

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