J'Avais 20 Ans
Charles Aznavour
I Was 20 Years Old
Yesterday I was twenty years old
I caressed time and played with life
Like one plays with love and I lived the night
Without counting on my days that fled in time
I made so many plans that remained up in the air
I founded so many hopes that flew away
That I remain lost, not knowing where to go
My eyes looking for the sky but my heart buried
Yesterday I was twenty years old
I wasted time trying to stop it
And to hold it back, even to anticipate it
I only ran and got out of breath
Ignoring the past, conjugating in the future,
I preceded any conversation with 'me'
And gave my opinion that I wanted to be right
To criticize the world with casualness
Yesterday I was twenty years old
But I wasted my time doing crazy things
That ultimately leave me with nothing really specific
Just a few wrinkles on my forehead and the fear of boredom
Because my loves died before they existed
My friends left and won't come back
Because of me, I created emptiness around me
And I wasted my life and my young years
Of the best and the worst, by throwing away the best,
I froze my smiles and I froze my tears...
Where are they now,
Now, my twenty years?
