Lyrics and translation Johnny Cash - The Folk Singer

The Folk Singer

Le chanteur folk

As I walk these narrow streets

Alors que je marche dans ces rues étroites

Where a million passing feet have tried before me

Où un million de pieds qui passent ont essayé avant moi

With my guitar in my hand suddenly I realize nobody knows me

Avec ma guitare à la main, je réalise soudain que personne ne me connaît

Where yesterday the multitude screamed and cried my name out for a song

Là où hier, la foule hurlait et criait mon nom pour une chanson

The day the streets are empty and the crowds have all gone home

Aujourd'hui, les rues sont vides et la foule est rentrée chez elle

I pass a million houses, but there is no place where I belong

Je passe devant un million de maisons, mais je n'ai aucun endroit où aller

All I knew to give it was song after song after song

Tout ce que je savais donner, c'était des chansons, des chansons, des chansons

All the truth I try to tell you were as distant to you as the moon

Toute la vérité que j'ai essayé de vous dire vous était aussi lointaine que la lune

Born 200 years too late and 200 years too soon

Né 200 ans trop tard et 200 ans trop tôt

I'm a child of this age, locked inside the pages of your book

Je suis un enfant de cette époque, enfermé dans les pages de ton livre

And when I am but dust and clay and other children stop take look

Et quand je ne serai plus que poussière et argile et que d'autres enfants s'arrêteront pour regarder

Well they marble at the miracles I did before them

Eh bien, ils s'émerveilleront des miracles que j'ai accomplis devant eux

And to the heights I did inspired

Et aux hauteurs auxquelles je les ai inspirés

Or will they tear out the pages of the book to light a fire

Ou bien déchireront-ils les pages du livre pour allumer un feu

With the rain on my face there is no place where I belong

Avec la pluie sur mon visage, je n'ai aucun endroit où aller

Did you forget the folk singer so soon?

As-tu oublié le chanteur folk si vite ?

And did you forget my song?

Et as-tu oublié ma chanson ?

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Writer(s): Johnny R. Cash, Charles E. Daniels

Album

Bootleg Vol. II: From Memphis To Hollywood

date of release

22-02-2011

1 Rock and Roll Ruby (Early Demo)
2 I'll Cry for You (Early Demo)
3 He'll Be a Friend (Early Demo)
4 Belshazzar (Early Demo)
5 I’ll Remember You
6 KWEM Announcements and Advertisements
7 Overton Park Shell Country Music Jamboree Advertisement By Texas Bill Strength
8 Johnny Cash Show Intro and Theme
9 On the Line
10 I Just Don't Care Enough (To Carry On) [Early Demo]
11 The Frozen Logger
12 Belshazzar Intro
13 Get Rhythm (Early Demo)
14 Send a Picture of Mother
15 Hardin Wouldn't Run (Demo)
16 There's a Mother Always Waiting
17 You're My Baby (Early Demo)
18 Country Boy (Early Demo)
19 Six White Horses (Demo)
20 Foolish Questions
21 I Couldn’t Keep From Crying
22 Luther's Boogie
23 Roll Call
24 Put the Sugar to Bed
25 Five Minutes to Live
26 My Treasure (Early Demo)
27 It's All Over (Demo)
28 Train of Love (Early Demo)
29 Bottom of the Mountain
30 The Folk Singer
31 When I Think of You (Early Demo)
32 Locomotive Man
33 Belshazzar
34 You Beat All I Ever Saw
35 Thunderball
36 I Walk the Line (Early Demo)
37 Goodnight Irene
38 The Losing Kind
39 One Too Many Mornings
40 Wide Open Road
41 New Mexico
42 All Over Again
43 Big River
44 You Dreamer You
45 Johnny Reb
46 Closing Comments and Theme
47 Johnny Yuma Theme
48 The Shifting, Whispering Sands, Pt. 2
49 Come Along and Ride This Train (Demo)
50 One More Ride
51 Leave That Junk Alone
52 Girl In Saskatoon
53 Restless Kid - Demo

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