Another story
(Une autre histoire)
Jean-Jacque Goldman
I've seen the theater and I know the scenery
The piece of an act is still playing
I know the text, the costumes and the actors
The lines I know them by heart
The story is banal, it does not interess anyone
The public is rare, I even see one sleeping
A life that pass by
A life in two hours
Me, the first actor I'm dreaming of an author
Another story, another story
Please write me another story
I'd like to live another story
I give all my forces, all my talent, all my heart
However loud I shout, no rumbling
I emphazise my gesture, my grimaces it's not worth
Scenes' effects, no success
But it's not my fault the banal outcome
Look at the others, it's always ending bad
I did not have my chance neither war nor great ideas
To defeat or defend neither passion nor secret
Another story, another story
Please write me another story
I'd like to live another story
Just to see another derisory farce
Even without believing it, cheating with a little hope.
translation of Vanessa Barba
Other translations :
Une autre histoire
(lyrics in french)