Charles Aznavour - I Drink Lyrics

Lyrics I Drink - Charles Aznavour




I drink to drive away all the years I have hated
The ambitions frustrated that no longer survive
I drink day after day to the chaos behind me
Yes, I drink to remind me that still I'm alive
So I give you a toast to the endless confusions
To the lies and delusions that have swallowed my life
Yes, I give you a toast to the wine and the roses
To the deadly cirrhosis that can cut like a knife
I drink to catch a gleam of the love we degraded
Of a life that has faded like the vanishing moon
I drink, as in a dream, to my waning desire
To the passionate fire that has burned out so soon
I drink and I drown in the promise you made me
All the times you betrayed me in your anger and spite
When you took on the town, when you looked for the action
When you took satisfaction, like a whore in the night
I drink to make-believe that my life is worth living
That the gods are forgiving at the end of the day
I drink because I grieve for the dreams when we started
For the innocent-hearted who got lost on the way
For the children unborn, for their dead, phantom faces
For our sterile embraces in the tomb of your bed
I drink, and I mourn for the harvest that failed
For the ship that has sailed, for the hope that is dead
I drink to find a place where the darkness can hide me
Till the terror inside me can at last disappear
I drink to my disgrace, till oblivion claims me
Till there's nothing that shames me, till I'm blind to my fear
Yes, I drink till I burst in my own degradation
To the edge of damnation that is waiting below
Yes, I drink with a thirst that destroys and depraves me
And cuffs and enslaves me, and will never let go
I drink until I'm lost, and the street is my hideout
Where I vomit my pride out till I'm gasping for breath
I drink to count the cost of a life I despair for
Until God hears my prayer for the compassion of death
So I spit out my bile at the gods who demean us
At the silence between us, at the love none can save
For a life that is vile, for a soul that is ailing
For a body that's failing as it heads for the grave
I drink without a care... drink because I must...
Drink to my despair... I drink to your disgust...
I drink, drink, drink... by God, I drink!
Yes, I drink!



Writer(s): Georges Garvarentz, Herbert Kretzmer, Charles Aznavourian


Charles Aznavour - Sings In English - Best Of
Album Sings In English - Best Of
date of release
17-05-2024

1 She (Tous les visages de l'amour)
2 Yesterday When I Was Young (Hier encore)
3 You've Got To Learn (Il faut savoir)
4 The Old Fashioned Way
5 Happy Anniversary (Bon anniversaire)
6 For me formidable
7 How Sad Venice Can Be (Que c'est triste Venise)
8 La bohème - English Version
9 What Makes A Man
10 A Blue Like The Blue Of Your Eyes (Plus bleu que le bleu de tes yeux / English Version)
11 For Mama (La mamma / English Version)
12 The Palace Of Our Illusions (Le palais de nos chimères / English Version)
13 There Is a Time
14 Take Me Along
15 It Will Be My Day (Je m' voyais déjà)
16 To My Daughter (À ma fille / English Version)
17 The times we've known
18 Paris Is At Her Best In May - J'aime Paris au mois de mai / English Version
19 Pretty S****y Days (Mes emmerdes / English Version 2)
20 You and Me
21 To Die Of Love (Mourir d'aimer / English Version 1)
22 No, I Could Never Forget (Non, je n'ai rien oublié / English Version)
23 La baraka
24 The Wine Of Youth
25 After loving you
26 And I In My Chair (Et moi dans mon coin / English Version 2)
27 Tomorrow Is My Turn - L'amour c'est comme un jour / English Version 1
28 Believe In Me - Sur ma vie / English Version
29 You've Let Yourself Go (Tu t' laisses aller)
30 The ''I Love You'' Song (Je t'aime / English Version)
31 Ave Maria (Ave Maria / English Version)
32 I Drink
33 I Didn't See the Time Go By
34 My Own Child For Christmas From You
35 I'll be there
36 Hold back the night
37 Love Is New Everyday (L'amour c'est comme un jour / English Version 2)
38 You'll Never Hear Me Say Goodbye
39 They Fell




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