• Amel Bent

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If someone asks you

If someone asks you,
tell them you don't know anything.
My life is a series
with no ending.
You think I'm too easy-going,
yeah, I'm well aware of that.
I try to keep on smiling,
that disguises the griefs.
 
And I'm drawing hearts over crossing-outs,
I paint over my sorrows with past time.
Just like when I was twenty, nothing has changed.
I have written so many "I love you"s on the walls,
struggling against all adversity
with dry eyes and a hoarse voice.
 
If they ask you,
whether I'm alright,
tell them I'm a mother.
A mother never complains.
If they ask you
when I'll be back,
tell them I'm right there,
a few train stations away.
 
If someone tells you
I see myself as a star,
tell them that in God's eye
I am no better than you.
If someone asks you
if I'm always frank,
tell them that, where I come from
people do things for real.
 
I have seen so many hearts beating under armors.
Often lost young girls,
not so though bandits.
I have written so many "I love you"s on the walls
struggling against all adversity
with dry eyes and a hoarse voice.
 
If they ask you,
whether I'm alright,
tell them I'm a mother.
A mother never complains.
If they ask you
when I'll be back,
tell them I'm right there,
a few train stations away.
 
If they ask you...
If they ask you...
If they ask you...
 
If they ask you,
whether I'm alright,
tell them I'm a mother.
A mother never complains.
If they ask you
when I'll be back,
tell them I'm right there.
 
If they ask you,
whether I'm alright,
tell them I'm a mother.
A mother never complains.
If they ask you
when I'll be back,
tell them I'm standing there,
a few train stations away.
 
French
Original lyrics

Si on te demande

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Comments
kwameGHkwameGH    Sun, 04/08/2019 - 22:44

Great choice of title!