The Best Years Of Our Lives — текст песни (Steve Harley)

European Maids, hard to ignore

You, me and the boys, barred from the shore

Fresh-faced imbeciles, laughing at me

I`ve been laughing myself, is that so hard to see?

Do I have to spell each letter out, honestly!

If there`s no room for laughter there`s no room for me

Try looking at you, rather than me

No truth is in here, it`s all fantasy

Since the last time we met I`ve been through

About seven hundred changes and that`s just a few

And the changes all tend to be something to do

But you`ve got to believe that they`re all done for you

Chorus: You`ll think it`s tragic when that moment arrives

Ah, but it`s magic, it`s the best years of our lives

Lost now for the words to tell you the truth

Please banter with me the banter of youth

If I knew how to say it I`d say it for you

If I knew how to whisper I`d whisper for you

If I knew how to waltz I`d get up and dance for you

If I thought I could run I`d come running to you

I`ve discovered now how to be fair

This I could teach you if only I dare

The only conclusion I`ve reached in my life

Is that if I should die I should die by the knife

Since it`s only a matter of courage all right,

Die a man or a martyr, the two would be nice, so nice