Текст и перевод песни 101 Strings Orchestra - Those Were the Days (All in the Family)

Those Were the Days (All in the Family)

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.

Эх, были времена (Все в семье)

Помнишь, как играл Гленн Миллер,
И хиты его гремели?
Нам, парням, жилось так мило.
Эх, были времена!
Не нужна была нам помощь,
Тянул воз любой работяга,
И наш "ЛаСаль" служил без помех.
Эх, были времена!
Тогда всё было так понятно:
Девчонки как девчонки, мужики как мужики.
Вот бы нам сейчас такого, как Гувер, мужики!

Люди были все довольны,
Пятьдесят баксов за квартиру,
А фрики все — в цирке на арене.
Эх, были времена!
В воскресенье — погулять,
За победой "Доджерс" наблюдать.
День чудесный провести
Можно меньше, чем за пять.
Короткие стрижки, длинные юбки,
Кейт Смит пела так, что заслушаешься!
Не пойму, что же пошло не так,
Эх, были времена!