Lyrics and translation Paul Kelly - Forty Miles to Saturday Night
Well
I
rubbed
the
dirt
all
down
Eh
bien,
j'ai
enlevé
toute
la
poussière
And
I
washed
away
six
aching
days
Et
j'ai
lavé
six
jours
de
souffrance
And
my
shoes
all
slick
and
spit
Et
mes
chaussures
sont
toutes
lisses
et
crachées
And
my
singlet
fresh
and
my
sideburns
shaved
Et
mon
maillot
de
corps
est
frais
et
mes
pattes
sont
rases
As
I
turn
from
the
mirror
Alors
que
je
me
détourne
du
miroir
And
I
open
my
first
beer
since
yesterday
Et
j'ouvre
ma
première
bière
depuis
hier
Danny
brings
the
Bedford
round
Danny
amène
la
Bedford
A
three-ton
girl
with
a
ten-foot
tray
Une
fille
de
trois
tonnes
avec
une
remorque
de
dix
pieds
And
she
knows
the
way
to
town
Et
elle
connaît
le
chemin
de
la
ville
So
we
kiss
goodbye
to
two
weeks'
pay
Alors
on
dit
au
revoir
à
deux
semaines
de
salaire
Now
the
leaves
are
shaking
Maintenant
les
feuilles
tremblent
And
the
stars
are
all
waking
from
the
day
Et
les
étoiles
se
réveillent
de
la
journée
Big
wheel
turning
(turning
all
night)
Grande
roue
qui
tourne
(qui
tourne
toute
la
nuit)
Big
light
burning
(burning
so
bright)
Grande
lumière
qui
brûle
(qui
brûle
si
fort)
Downright
foolish
but
that's
alright
Complètement
insensé
mais
c'est
bien
It's
only
forty
miles
to
Saturday
night!
Il
n'y
a
que
quarante
miles
pour
samedi
soir !
There's
a
place
on
Fortune
Street
Il
y
a
un
endroit
sur
Fortune
Street
And
a
band
down
there
called
Gunga
Din
Et
un
groupe
là-bas
appelé
Gunga
Din
And
Joanne
from
Miner's
Creek
Et
Joanne
de
Miner's
Creek
She
said
that
she'd
be
back
again
Elle
a
dit
qu'elle
reviendrait
She
lives
out
on
the
station
Elle
habite
à
la
gare
And
she
works
on
my
imagination
Et
elle
travaille
sur
mon
imagination
Big
wheel
turning
(turning
all
night)
Grande
roue
qui
tourne
(qui
tourne
toute
la
nuit)
Big
light
burning
(burning
so
bright)
Grande
lumière
qui
brûle
(qui
brûle
si
fort)
Downright
foolish
but
that's
alright
Complètement
insensé
mais
c'est
bien
It's
only
forty
miles
to
Saturday
night!
Il
n'y
a
que
quarante
miles
pour
samedi
soir !
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1
Love Is the Law
2 Adelaide
3 Pretty Place
4 Please Myself
5 Our Sunshine
6 Other People's Houses
7 One More Tune
8 The Oldest Story in the Book
9 Nothing but a Dream
10 No You
11 My Way Is to You
12 Midnight Rain
13 Meet Me In The Middle Of The Air
14 Maralinga (Rainy Land)
15 Luck
16 Love Never Runs on Time
17 Little Boy Don’t Lose Your Balls
18 Leaps and Bounds
19 Lately
20 King of Fools
21 Just About to Break
22 Jump to Love
23 The Ballad Of Queenie And Rover
24 Rally Round The Drum
25 Randwick Bells
26 Saturday Night And Sunday Morning
27 You Can Put Your Shoes Under My Bed
28 You Broke a Beautiful Thing
29 Would You Be My Friend
30 Won't You Come Around?
31 Wintercoat
32 When I First Met Your Ma
33 Until Death Do Them Part
34 To Her Door
35 Thoughts in the Middle of the Night
36 They Thought I Was Asleep
37 Jandamarra/Pigeon
38 Sydney from a 747
39 Summer Rain
40 Stupid Song
41 Stories of Me
42 Stolen Apples
43 Standing In the Street of Early Sorrows
44 South of Germany
45 Somewhere in the City
46 Somebody's Forgetting Somebody
47 Smoke Under the Bridge
48 Shane Warne
49 Sweet Guy
50 You Can't Take It with You
51 I Won't Be Your Dog
52 If I Could Start Today Again
53 Don't Explain
54 Difficult Women
55 Desdemona
56 Deeper Water
57 Cradle of Love
58 Coma
59 Cities Of Texas
60 Carlie Owen's Slide Guitar
61 Change Your Mind
62 Careless
63 (The) Cake and the Candle
64 Bradman
65 Blues for Skip
66 Big Fine Girl
67 Behind the Bowler's Arm
68 Beggar On The Street Of Love
69 Before Too Long
70 Beautiful Promise
71 Be Careful What You Pray For
72 Anastasia Changes Her Mind
73 After the Show
74 Don't Harm the Messenger
75 Don't Stand so Close to the Window
76 Don’t Start Me Talking
77 Down To My Soul
78 I'd Rather Go Blind
79 I Keep on Coming Back for More
80 I Don't Know Anything Anymore
81 I Close My Eyes and Think of You
82 I Can't Believe We Were Married
83 How to Make Gravy
84 Going About My Father's Business
85 Glory Be to God
86 (The) Gift That Keeps on Giving
87 God Told Me To
88 I Wasted Time
89 Gathering Storm
90 From Little Things Big Things Grow
91 Forty-Eight Angels
92 Forty Miles to Saturday Night
93 Foggy Highway
94 The Foggy Fields Of France
95 Everything's Turning to White
96 Everybody Wants to Touch Me
97 Every Fucking City
98 Emotional
99 Dumb Things
100 From St Kilda To Kings Cross
101 Zoe
102 Your Loving Is on My Mind
103 You're 39, You're Beautiful And You're Mine
104 Young Lovers
105 Your Little Sister (Is A Big Girl Now)
2 Adelaide
3 Pretty Place
4 Please Myself
5 Our Sunshine
6 Other People's Houses
7 One More Tune
8 The Oldest Story in the Book
9 Nothing but a Dream
10 No You
11 My Way Is to You
12 Midnight Rain
13 Meet Me In The Middle Of The Air
14 Maralinga (Rainy Land)
15 Luck
16 Love Never Runs on Time
17 Little Boy Don’t Lose Your Balls
18 Leaps and Bounds
19 Lately
20 King of Fools
21 Just About to Break
22 Jump to Love
23 The Ballad Of Queenie And Rover
24 Rally Round The Drum
25 Randwick Bells
26 Saturday Night And Sunday Morning
27 You Can Put Your Shoes Under My Bed
28 You Broke a Beautiful Thing
29 Would You Be My Friend
30 Won't You Come Around?
31 Wintercoat
32 When I First Met Your Ma
33 Until Death Do Them Part
34 To Her Door
35 Thoughts in the Middle of the Night
36 They Thought I Was Asleep
37 Jandamarra/Pigeon
38 Sydney from a 747
39 Summer Rain
40 Stupid Song
41 Stories of Me
42 Stolen Apples
43 Standing In the Street of Early Sorrows
44 South of Germany
45 Somewhere in the City
46 Somebody's Forgetting Somebody
47 Smoke Under the Bridge
48 Shane Warne
49 Sweet Guy
50 You Can't Take It with You
51 I Won't Be Your Dog
52 If I Could Start Today Again
53 Don't Explain
54 Difficult Women
55 Desdemona
56 Deeper Water
57 Cradle of Love
58 Coma
59 Cities Of Texas
60 Carlie Owen's Slide Guitar
61 Change Your Mind
62 Careless
63 (The) Cake and the Candle
64 Bradman
65 Blues for Skip
66 Big Fine Girl
67 Behind the Bowler's Arm
68 Beggar On The Street Of Love
69 Before Too Long
70 Beautiful Promise
71 Be Careful What You Pray For
72 Anastasia Changes Her Mind
73 After the Show
74 Don't Harm the Messenger
75 Don't Stand so Close to the Window
76 Don’t Start Me Talking
77 Down To My Soul
78 I'd Rather Go Blind
79 I Keep on Coming Back for More
80 I Don't Know Anything Anymore
81 I Close My Eyes and Think of You
82 I Can't Believe We Were Married
83 How to Make Gravy
84 Going About My Father's Business
85 Glory Be to God
86 (The) Gift That Keeps on Giving
87 God Told Me To
88 I Wasted Time
89 Gathering Storm
90 From Little Things Big Things Grow
91 Forty-Eight Angels
92 Forty Miles to Saturday Night
93 Foggy Highway
94 The Foggy Fields Of France
95 Everything's Turning to White
96 Everybody Wants to Touch Me
97 Every Fucking City
98 Emotional
99 Dumb Things
100 From St Kilda To Kings Cross
101 Zoe
102 Your Loving Is on My Mind
103 You're 39, You're Beautiful And You're Mine
104 Young Lovers
105 Your Little Sister (Is A Big Girl Now)
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