paroles de chanson The Minute Waltz - Barbra Streisand

I've got a minute, just a little minute
I have only got a minute, just a minute
I have only got a minute
That is all the time I have to sing this tiny little minute waltz
It isn't easy but I'll try it then
I've got to say goodbye, but first, I'll take a minute
And put in it every note that you may know
That less I sing a little minute waltz
And hope I can sing with no faults
I know it's difficult
I'll give it every last breath that I've got within my body
Hope that my performance won't be very shoddy
Singing every moment won't do wonders for my throat
I probably will end up hoarse
Of course I will, I've got it down a wager
That I made, I will want
It's not the money, but the satisfaction that I get from winning money
On this silly kind of bet
Though this kind of solo wasn't his intention
Chopin isn't here to make an intervention
So with your permission and no intermission
I will sing each note that that composer wrote
As you can hear my trilling isn't very thrilling
But no one can say I wasn't very willing
To attempt a thing that's not been done
And just for fun to sing the minute waltz
As I sing, the seconds fly
All too soon the minute waltzes by
And now I ask you, where am I?
Halfway through the tune and I'm falling far behind
I have less than 30 seconds, less than 30 seconds
Less than 30, less than half a minute
I have less than 30 seconds
I have less than half a minute to complete this little minute waltz
But every note that's in the score I buy
The sands of time I know are pouring, let
Win my bet and honor with the money
Down to some big store and there, I'll buy a honey
Of a trophy for myself to put upon the shelf
To show the world I've won
Oh, the second hand is rushing 'round the dial
And though I'd like to end this torture with a smile
And lest someone knows how to stop the clock
You're gonna see me cry before I've said goodbye
Accomplishment to complete the song
But I'm afraid my little lungs will burst before too long
If only I can last this day
I won't have failed to sing a little minute waltz