Lyrics and translation Tom T. Hall - I'm Forty Now
There
were
barefoot
dreams
of
catching
outlaws
Il
y
avait
des
rêves
pieds
nus
de
capturer
des
hors-la-loi
There
were
school
dreams
of
catching
footballs
Il
y
avait
des
rêves
d'école
de
capturer
des
ballons
de
football
There
were
young
dreams
of
finding
great
romance
Il
y
avait
des
rêves
de
jeunesse
de
trouver
une
grande
romance
There
were
armies
and
I
took
the
chance
Il
y
avait
des
armées
et
j'ai
pris
ma
chance
There
were
avenues
of
glory
and
some
deep
despair
Il
y
avait
des
avenues
de
gloire
et
un
profond
désespoir
That
put
subtle
shapes
of
silver
in
my
hair
Qui
ont
mis
de
subtiles
formes
d'argent
dans
mes
cheveux
Well
I'm
forty
now
and
I'm
a
man
Eh
bien,
j'ai
quarante
ans
maintenant
et
je
suis
un
homme
But
I
can't
resist
the
urge
to
put
dreams
in
my
plans
Mais
je
ne
peux
pas
résister
à
l'envie
de
mettre
des
rêves
dans
mes
plans
So
many
hopeless
dreams
and
I
broke
some
vows
Tant
de
rêves
sans
espoir
et
j'ai
brisé
quelques
vœux
Maybe
life
begins
for
me,
I'm
forty
now
Peut-être
que
la
vie
commence
pour
moi,
j'ai
quarante
ans
maintenant
There
were
summer
nights
and
there
were
good
days
Il
y
avait
des
nuits
d'été
et
il
y
avait
de
bonnes
journées
Life
was
water
and
I
made
waves
La
vie
était
de
l'eau
et
j'ai
fait
des
vagues
Oh
I
was
crazy
then
so
I
made
some
breaks
Oh,
j'étais
fou
alors
j'ai
fait
quelques
pauses
Maybe
God
can
look
the
other
way
Peut-être
que
Dieu
peut
détourner
les
yeux
Either
good
outweighs
the
bad
or
we
forget
the
bad
Soit
le
bien
l'emporte
sur
le
mal,
soit
on
oublie
le
mal
I'm
thankful
for
a
few
friends
that
I've
had
Je
suis
reconnaissant
pour
quelques
amis
que
j'ai
eus
'Cause
I'm
forty
now
and
I'm
a
man
Parce
que
j'ai
quarante
ans
maintenant
et
je
suis
un
homme
But
I
can't
resist
the
urge
to
put
dreams
in
my
plans
Mais
je
ne
peux
pas
résister
à
l'envie
de
mettre
des
rêves
dans
mes
plans
So
many
hopeless
dreams
and
I
broke
some
vows
Tant
de
rêves
sans
espoir
et
j'ai
brisé
quelques
vœux
Maybe
life
begins
for
me,
I'm
forty
now
Peut-être
que
la
vie
commence
pour
moi,
j'ai
quarante
ans
maintenant
Well
I'm
forty
now
Eh
bien,
j'ai
quarante
ans
maintenant
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34 Watergate Blues
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39 The Old Side Of Town
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43 Spokane Motel Blues
44 Homecoming
45 Ravishing Ruby
46 Me And Jesus
47 Molly And Tenbrooks
2 I Flew Over Our House Last Night
3 Down At the Mall
4 Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine
5 Willy The Wandering Gypsy And Me
6 More About John Henry
7 Give Her My Best - 1995 Box Set Version
8 Pamela Brown
9 The Monkey That Became President
10 That's How I Got To Memphis
11 Mama's Got The Catfish Blues
12 I Like Beer
13 Old Five And Dimers Like Me
14 Salute To A Switchblade
15 Margie's At The Lincoln Park Inn
16 Subdivision Blues
17 America The Ugly
18 Hang Them All (Get The Guilty)
19 Levi Jones - 1995 Box Set Version
20 Faster Horses (The Cowboy And The Poet)
21 I'm Forty Now
22 Deal
23 That Song Is Driving Me Crazy
24 Shoeshine Man
25 Fox On the Run
26 Magnificent Music Machine
27 The Million Miles to the City
28 I Washed My Face In The Morning Dew
29 The Hitchhiker
30 Ballad Of Forty Dollars
31 I Hope It Rains At My Funeral
32 Turn It On, Turn It On, Turn It On
33 Strawberry Farms
34 Watergate Blues
35 I Want To See The Parade
36 100 Children
37 The Year That Clayton Delaney Died
38 The Son Of Clayton Delaney
39 The Old Side Of Town
40 I Can't Dance
41 Mama Bake A Pie (Daddy Kill A Chicken)
42 A Week In A Country Jail
43 Spokane Motel Blues
44 Homecoming
45 Ravishing Ruby
46 Me And Jesus
47 Molly And Tenbrooks
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