Roulez tambours
Édith Piaf
Roll the Drums
Come on, roll, roll the drums
For those who die every day
For those who cry in the neighborhoods
For Hiroshima, Pearl Harbor
Come on, roll, roll the drums
They rolled for Napoleon
To the sound of fifes and bugles
They rolled for so many wars
And roll across the whole earth
They roll, roll night and day
When will they roll for love?
Come on, roll, roll the drums...
I've seen, I've seen so much misery
And so much suffering around me
That I hardly remember
If the pain was for me
I've often seen my mother cry
I think it was for me
I've almost seen my father cry
He never told me why...
Come on, roll, roll the drums
For those who die every day
For those who cry in the neighborhoods
For Hiroshima, Pearl Harbor
Come on, roll, roll the drums
They rolled for Napoleon
To the sound of fifes and bugles
They rolled for so many wars
And roll across the whole earth
They roll, roll night and day
When will they roll for love?
Come on, roll, roll the drums...
Hear the trumpets sounding
They come from Jericho
They echo in my head
To sob in an echo
I wish they would sing
For the boy who will love me
For my friends in turmoil
And for those who deserve it...
Come on, roll, roll the drums
For those who are born every day
For those who laugh in the neighborhoods
For Hiroshima, my love...
Come on, roll, roll the drums
You will roll under the songs
To the rhythm of accordions
For the time and for the end of wars
You will roll across the whole earth
And I will play the drum
And I will sing of love
And I will sing of love
And I will sing of love...
