Lyrics and translation Sandie Shaw - Those Were The Days

Those Were The Days

Boy, the way Glenn Miller played
Songs that made the hit parade.
Guys like me we had it made.
Those were the days.
Didn't need no welfare state,
Ev'rybody pulled his weight,
Gee our old LaSalle ran great.
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.

People seemed to be content,
Fifty dollars paid the rent,
Freaks were in a circus tent.
Those were the days.
Take a little Sunday spin,
Go to watch the Dodgers win.
Have yourself a dandy day,
That cost you under a fin.
Hair was short and skirts were long.
Kate Smith really sold a song.
I don't know just what went wrong,
Those were the days.

C'était le bon vieux temps

Chéri, comme Glenn Miller jouait
Des chansons qui ont fait le hit-parade.
Des mecs comme moi, on était bien.
C'était le bon vieux temps.
On n'avait pas besoin d'État-providence,
Chacun tirait son poids,
Dis donc, notre vieille LaSalle roulait super 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.
Monsieur, on pourrait bien utiliser un homme comme Herbert Hoover à nouveau.

Les gens semblaient être contents,
Cinquante dollars payaient le loyer,
Les freaks étaient sous un chapiteau de cirque.
C'était le bon vieux temps.
Faire un petit tour le dimanche,
Aller voir les Dodgers gagner.
Se faire une journée de folie,
Ça te coûtait moins de dix dollars.
Les cheveux étaient courts et les jupes étaient longues.
Kate Smith vendait vraiment bien une chanson.
Je ne sais pas ce qui a mal tourné,
C'était le bon vieux temps.