Leny Escudero — Le vieux Jonathan song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Le vieux Jonathan" by Leny Escudero.
Lyrics
Le vieux Jonathan
Qui était notre ami
Aimait aux enfants
Raconter sa vie:
— Redis-nous encore
L’histoire des tranchées
La médaille en or
Que tu as gagnée !
On a rigolé, on a rigolé
Quand l’vieux Jonathan
Nous l’a racontée
À sa guerre en trop
Pour sauver un gars
Il fut un héros
Il perdit un bras
On a rigolé, on a rigolé
Quand l’vieux Jonathan
Nous l’a racontée
Et s’il s’arrêtait
Parce que trop ému
Nous on lui disait:
«Vas-y, continue !»
Et il racontait
Faut vous dire qu’avant
J’vivais pas seul ici
J’avais une femme
Elle était jolie
Mais elle trouvait pas
Que j’l’embrassais bien
Que j’l’embrassais plein
Seulement d’un bras
On a rigolé, on a rigolé
Quand l’vieux Jonathan
Nous l’a racontée
Son histoire d’amour
Qui dure pas toujours
Et les sentiments
Qui font mal en d’dans
On a rigolé, on a rigolé
Quand l’vieux Jonathan
Nous l’a racontée
Une larme au bord
De ses grands yeux bleus
Mais c'était encore
Pour qu’on rigole mieux
Et le temps passait
Par un jour d’hiver
Il a fini son temps
Nous, autour de lui
Attendions comme avant
Il parlait tout bas
Mais savait, faut croire
Qu’la mort n’attend pas
La fin des histoires
J’en rigole encore, j’en rigole encore
Car avant de mourir
Il m’a dit: «Petit
Ris encore longtemps
Car ma chienne de vie
Je n’ai eu d’gratuit
Que l’rire des enfants.»
J’en rigole encore, j’en rigole encore
Car si tu m’entends
Mon vieux Jonathan
Dans ton paradis
Tu t’dis: «Le petit
Il rigole encore
Comme les enfants.»
J’en rigole encore, j’en rigole encore
Car si tu m’entends
Mon vieux Jonathan
Dans ton paradis
Tu t’dis: «Le petit
Il rigole encore
Comme les enfants.»
J’en rigole encore, j’en rigole encore
J’en rigole encore, j’en rigole encore
Lyrics translation
Old Jonathan
Who was our friend
Loved children
Telling his life:
- Tell us again
The history of trenches
The gold medal
That you won !
We laughed, we laughed
When old Jonathan
He told us about it.
To his war too much
To save a guy
He was a hero
He lost an arm
We laughed, we laughed
When old Jonathan
He told us about it.
What if he stopped
Because too moved
We were telling him:
"Go on, keep going !»
And he was telling
You have to tell yourself that before
I didn't live here alone.
I had a wife.
She was pretty
But she couldn't find
That I kissed him well
That I kissed him full
Only one arm
We laughed, we laughed
When old Jonathan
He told us about it.
Her love story
That doesn't always last
And feelings
That hurt in D in
We laughed, we laughed
When old Jonathan
He told us about it.
A tear at the edge
Of her big blue eyes
But it was still
So we can laugh better
And time passed
By a winter day
He's finished his time
Us, around him
Let's wait as before
He was talking low.
But knew, believe me
That death does not wait
The end of the stories
I'm still laughing, I'm still laughing
Because before you die
He said To Me: "Little
Laugh for a long time
Because my life bitch
I didn't get any free
That the children laugh.»
I'm still laughing, I'm still laughing
'Cause if you hear me
My old Jonathan
In your paradise
You say to yourself: "the little one
He still laughs
Like children.»
I'm still laughing, I'm still laughing
'Cause if you hear me
My old Jonathan
In your paradise
You say to yourself: "the little one
He still laughs
Like children.»
I'm still laughing, I'm still laughing
I'm still laughing, I'm still laughing