La Ville Inconnue

Bibi Ferreira

Dans la ville inconnue,
Je n'aime rien.
Je prends toujours des rues
Qui vont trop loin...
D'interminables rues
Où je me perds,
Des quais, des avenues
Et des boulevards déserts
Puis, entre deux maisons,
J'entends le tintamarre
D'un long train sur un pont
Qui s'en va quelque part!

Dans la ville inconnue,
Soir et matin,
Comme ce chien perdu,
Je vais et je reviens!
Il y a les passants
Qui ont l'air de vous fuir
Et qui n'ont pas le temps
De vous faire un sourir'...

Dans la ville inconnue,
Quand vient la nuit,
J'ai peur des murs tout nus,
Des murs tout gris.
J'ai peur de cet hôtel
Au lit trop…

My Way

Bibi Ferreira 

And now the end is near
And so I face the final curtain
My friend, I'll say it clear
I'll state my case of which I'm certain
I've lived a life that's full
I traveled each and every highway
And more, much more than this
I did it my way

Regrets, I've had a few
But then again, too few to mention
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption
I've planned each charted course
Each careful step along the byway
And more, much more than this
I did it my way

Yes there were times, I'm sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew
But through it all when there was doubt
I ate it up and spit it out
I faced it all and I stood tall
And did it my way

I've loved, I've laughed and cried
I've had my fill, my share of losing
And now as tears subside
I find it all so amusing
To think I did all that
And may I say, not in a shy way
Oh, no, oh, no, not me
I did it my way

For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself, than he has naugth
To say the things he truly feels
And not the words of one who kneels
The record shows, I took the blows
And did it my way