Lyrics and translation Carroll O'Connor & Jean Stapleton - Those Were the Days

Those Were the Days

Boy the way Glen Miller played
Songs that made the hit parade.
Guys like us we had it made,
Those were the days.

And you knew who you were then,
Girls were girls and men were men,
Mister we could use a man
Like Herbert Hoover again.

Didn't need no welfare state,
Everybody pulled his weight.
Gee our old LaSalle ran great.
Those were the days.

C'était le bon vieux temps

Comme Glen Miller jouait bien
Des chansons qui étaient dans le hit-parade.
Des mecs comme nous, on était bien,
C'était le bon vieux temps.

Et tu savais qui tu étais alors,
Les filles étaient des filles et les hommes étaient des hommes,
On pourrait bien utiliser un homme
Comme Herbert Hoover à nouveau.

Pas besoin d'état-providence,
Tout le monde tirait son poids.
Oh, notre vieille LaSalle roulait bien.
C'était le bon vieux temps.