Lyrics and translation The Monkees - Shades of Gray (mono master)
By
Barry
Mann
and
Cyntha
Weil
Par
Barry
Mann
et
Cyntha
Weil
When
the
world
and
I
were
young,
Quand
le
monde
et
moi
étions
jeunes,
Just
yesterday.
Hier
encore.
Life
was
such
a
simple
game,
La
vie
était
un
jeu
si
simple,
A
child
could
play.
Qu'un
enfant
pouvait
jouer.
It
was
easy
then
to
tell
right
from
wrong.
Il
était
alors
facile
de
distinguer
le
bien
du
mal.
Easy
then
to
tell
weak
from
strong.
Facile
alors
de
distinguer
les
faibles
des
forts.
When
a
man
should
stand
and
fight,
Quand
un
homme
devait
se
lever
et
se
battre,
Or
just
go
along.
Ou
simplement
suivre
le
courant.
But
today
there
is
no
day
or
night
Mais
aujourd'hui,
il
n'y
a
pas
de
jour
ou
de
nuit
Today
there
is
no
dark
or
light.
Aujourd'hui,
il
n'y
a
pas
d'obscurité
ou
de
lumière.
Today
there
is
no
black
or
white,
Aujourd'hui,
il
n'y
a
pas
de
noir
ou
de
blanc,
Only
shades
of
gray.
Seulement
des
nuances
de
gris.
I
remember
when
the
answers
seemed
so
clear
Je
me
souviens
quand
les
réponses
semblaient
si
claires
We
had
never
lived
with
doubt
or
tasted
fear.
Nous
n'avions
jamais
vécu
avec
le
doute
ou
le
goût
de
la
peur.
It
was
easy
then
to
tell
truth
from
lies
Il
était
alors
facile
de
distinguer
la
vérité
des
mensonges
Selling
out
from
compromise
La
vente
de
produits
de
compromis
Who
to
love
and
who
to
hate,
Qui
aimer
et
qui
haïr,
The
foolish
from
the
wise.
Les
fous
des
sages.
But
today
there
is
no
day
or
night
Mais
aujourd'hui,
il
n'y
a
pas
de
jour
ou
de
nuit
Today
there
is
no
dark
or
light.
Aujourd'hui,
il
n'y
a
pas
d'obscurité
ou
de
lumière.
Today
there
is
no
black
or
white,
Aujourd'hui,
il
n'y
a
pas
de
noir
ou
de
blanc,
Only
shades
of
gray.
Seulement
des
nuances
de
gris.
(Instumental
interlude)
(Interlude
instrumental)
It
was
easy
then
to
know
what
was
fair
Il
était
alors
facile
de
savoir
ce
qui
était
juste
When
to
keep
and
when
to
share.
Quand
garder
et
quand
partager.
How
much
to
protect
your
heart
Combien
protéger
ton
cœur
And
how
much
to
care.
Et
combien
en
avoir
soin.
But
today
there
is
no
day
or
night
Mais
aujourd'hui,
il
n'y
a
pas
de
jour
ou
de
nuit
Today
there
is
no
dark
or
light.
Aujourd'hui,
il
n'y
a
pas
d'obscurité
ou
de
lumière.
Today
there
is
no
black
or
white,
Aujourd'hui,
il
n'y
a
pas
de
noir
ou
de
blanc,
Only
shades
of
gray.
Seulement
des
nuances
de
gris.
Only
shades
of
gray.
Seulement
des
nuances
de
gris.
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Nine Times Blue (demo vocal)
2 All of Your Toys (mono master)
3 Midnight Train (demo vocal)
4 You Told Me (mono master)
5 Mr. Webster (mono master)
6 Band 6 (mono master)
7 Sunny Girlfriend (mono master)
8 You Just May Be the One (mono master)
9 Shades of Gray (mono master)
10 Forget That Girl (mono master)
11 I Can't Get Her Off My Mind (Master Backing Track)
12 I Can't Get Her Off My Mind [Mono Master]
13 I'll Spend My Life With You (Master Backing Track Take 9)
14 I’ll Spend My Life With You (mono master)
15 For Pete's Sake [Master Backing Track]
16 Early Morning Blues And Greens [Master Backing Track]
17 Cripple Creek
18 No Time [First Version - Tracking Session Composite Takes 3 to 5]
19 You Just May Be the One [Master Backing Track]
20 You Just May Be the One [Tracking Session Composite]
21 Shades Of Gray [Master Backing Track Take 98]
22 Pillow Time [Take 1 Vocal]
23 No Time [Second Version - Tracking Session Composite]
24 No Time [Second Version - Master Backing Track Take 7A]
25 Just A Game [Demo Takes 1 to 3]
26 Randy Scouse Git [Mono Master]
27 Early Morning Blues and Greens [Mono Master]
28 Zilch [Mono Master]
29 The Girl I Knew Somewhere [Second Version - Mono Master]
30 For Pete’s Sake (mono master)
31 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (first version) (mono master)
32 No Time [Second Version - Master Take 7A with Backing Vocals]
33 Sunny Girlfriend (Master Backing Track)
34 No Time [Mono Master]
35 Randy Scouse Git [Alternate Mix WIth Unused Tag Vocal]
36 I Was Born in East Virginia [Informal Recording Vocal]
37 Mr. Webster [Tracking Session Take 28]
38 Sunny Girlfriend [Tracking Session Take 7 with Scratch Vocal]
39 Sunny Girlfriend [Acoustic Remix of Master Vocal]
40 Until It's Time For You to Go [Demo Vocal]
41 Can You Dig It? [Demo]
42 The Girl I Knew Somewhere [Second Version - Master Backing Track Take 13A]
43 The Girl I Knew Somewhere [Second Version - Tracking Overdub Session Takes 1 & 2]
44 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (second version) (tracking session composite featuring take 15)
45 All Of Your Toys [Master Backing Track - Take 20]
46 All of Your Toys (Tracking Session Composite Takes 1 to 10)
47 All Of Your Toys [Rehearsal]
48 The Girl I Knew Somewhere [First Version - Master Backing Track, Take 22]
49 The Girl I Knew Somewhere [First Version - Tracking Session Composite Takes 1 to 16]
50 Band 6 [Stereo Master]
51 Randy Scouse Git [Tracking Session Composite]
52 Randy Scouse Git [Alternate Version Take 18 Vocal]
53 Forget That Girl [Rough Backing Vocals]
54 Jericho
55 Forget That Girl [Master Backing Track]
56 Forget That Girl [Rejected Overdub Session Vocal]
57 Forget That Girl [Rehearsal]
58 Zilch [Michael Nesmith Vocal Track]
59 Zilch [Micky Dolenz Vocal Track]
60 Zilch [Davy Jones Vocal Track]
61 Zilch [Peter Tork Vocal Track]
62 You Told Me [Take 15 With Rough Lead Vocal]
63 You Told Me [Master Backing Track]
64 Randy Scouse Git [Master Backing Track - Take 23]
65 She's So Far Out She's In [Tracking Session Takes 1 & 2]
66 Don't Be Cruel
67 The Story of Rock and Roll (second version) (tracking session take 5a)
68 Two-Part Invention in F Major [Informal Recording]
69 The Story of Rock and Roll (first version) (tracking session take 23)
70 Six-String Improvisation
71 Banjo Jam (excerpt)
72 Blues [excerpt]
73 Masking Tape [Tracking Session Composite Takes 6 To 8]
74 Fever
75 Micky in Carlsbad Caverns (studio dialogue)
76 She’ll Be There (demo vocal)
77 Seeger’s Theme (demo)
78 Setting Up The Studio For Randy Scouse Git [Studio Dialogue]
79 Where Has It All Gone [Second Version - Master Basic Track Take 12]
80 Twelve-String Improvisation
81 Memphis Tennessee
82 Where Has It All Gone [First Version - Tracking Session Take 1]
83 Monkee Chat (studio dialogue)
2 All of Your Toys (mono master)
3 Midnight Train (demo vocal)
4 You Told Me (mono master)
5 Mr. Webster (mono master)
6 Band 6 (mono master)
7 Sunny Girlfriend (mono master)
8 You Just May Be the One (mono master)
9 Shades of Gray (mono master)
10 Forget That Girl (mono master)
11 I Can't Get Her Off My Mind (Master Backing Track)
12 I Can't Get Her Off My Mind [Mono Master]
13 I'll Spend My Life With You (Master Backing Track Take 9)
14 I’ll Spend My Life With You (mono master)
15 For Pete's Sake [Master Backing Track]
16 Early Morning Blues And Greens [Master Backing Track]
17 Cripple Creek
18 No Time [First Version - Tracking Session Composite Takes 3 to 5]
19 You Just May Be the One [Master Backing Track]
20 You Just May Be the One [Tracking Session Composite]
21 Shades Of Gray [Master Backing Track Take 98]
22 Pillow Time [Take 1 Vocal]
23 No Time [Second Version - Tracking Session Composite]
24 No Time [Second Version - Master Backing Track Take 7A]
25 Just A Game [Demo Takes 1 to 3]
26 Randy Scouse Git [Mono Master]
27 Early Morning Blues and Greens [Mono Master]
28 Zilch [Mono Master]
29 The Girl I Knew Somewhere [Second Version - Mono Master]
30 For Pete’s Sake (mono master)
31 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (first version) (mono master)
32 No Time [Second Version - Master Take 7A with Backing Vocals]
33 Sunny Girlfriend (Master Backing Track)
34 No Time [Mono Master]
35 Randy Scouse Git [Alternate Mix WIth Unused Tag Vocal]
36 I Was Born in East Virginia [Informal Recording Vocal]
37 Mr. Webster [Tracking Session Take 28]
38 Sunny Girlfriend [Tracking Session Take 7 with Scratch Vocal]
39 Sunny Girlfriend [Acoustic Remix of Master Vocal]
40 Until It's Time For You to Go [Demo Vocal]
41 Can You Dig It? [Demo]
42 The Girl I Knew Somewhere [Second Version - Master Backing Track Take 13A]
43 The Girl I Knew Somewhere [Second Version - Tracking Overdub Session Takes 1 & 2]
44 The Girl I Knew Somewhere (second version) (tracking session composite featuring take 15)
45 All Of Your Toys [Master Backing Track - Take 20]
46 All of Your Toys (Tracking Session Composite Takes 1 to 10)
47 All Of Your Toys [Rehearsal]
48 The Girl I Knew Somewhere [First Version - Master Backing Track, Take 22]
49 The Girl I Knew Somewhere [First Version - Tracking Session Composite Takes 1 to 16]
50 Band 6 [Stereo Master]
51 Randy Scouse Git [Tracking Session Composite]
52 Randy Scouse Git [Alternate Version Take 18 Vocal]
53 Forget That Girl [Rough Backing Vocals]
54 Jericho
55 Forget That Girl [Master Backing Track]
56 Forget That Girl [Rejected Overdub Session Vocal]
57 Forget That Girl [Rehearsal]
58 Zilch [Michael Nesmith Vocal Track]
59 Zilch [Micky Dolenz Vocal Track]
60 Zilch [Davy Jones Vocal Track]
61 Zilch [Peter Tork Vocal Track]
62 You Told Me [Take 15 With Rough Lead Vocal]
63 You Told Me [Master Backing Track]
64 Randy Scouse Git [Master Backing Track - Take 23]
65 She's So Far Out She's In [Tracking Session Takes 1 & 2]
66 Don't Be Cruel
67 The Story of Rock and Roll (second version) (tracking session take 5a)
68 Two-Part Invention in F Major [Informal Recording]
69 The Story of Rock and Roll (first version) (tracking session take 23)
70 Six-String Improvisation
71 Banjo Jam (excerpt)
72 Blues [excerpt]
73 Masking Tape [Tracking Session Composite Takes 6 To 8]
74 Fever
75 Micky in Carlsbad Caverns (studio dialogue)
76 She’ll Be There (demo vocal)
77 Seeger’s Theme (demo)
78 Setting Up The Studio For Randy Scouse Git [Studio Dialogue]
79 Where Has It All Gone [Second Version - Master Basic Track Take 12]
80 Twelve-String Improvisation
81 Memphis Tennessee
82 Where Has It All Gone [First Version - Tracking Session Take 1]
83 Monkee Chat (studio dialogue)
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