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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Scott Walker
Vocals
Wally Stott
Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jacques Brel
Songwriter
Gérard Jouannest
Composer
Wally Stott
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Peter Olliff
Producer
John Franz
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
And if one day I should become a singer with a Spanish bum
Who sings for women of great virtue
I'd sing to them with a guitar I borrowed from a coffee bar
Well, what you don't know doesn't hurt you
[Verse 2]
My name would be Antonio, and all my bridges I would burn
And when I gave them some, they'd know
I'd expect something in return
I'd have to get drunk every night and talk about virility
With some old grandmama
Who might be decked out like a Christmas tree
[Verse 3]
And though, pink elephants I'd see
Though, I'd be drunk as I could be
Still, I would sing my song to me
About the time they called me, Jackie
[Verse 4]
If I could be for only an hour?
If I could be for an hour every day?
If I could be for just one little hour?
A cute, cute, in a stupid ass way
[Verse 5]
And if I joined the social world, became procurer of young girls
Then I would have my own bordellos
My record would be number one and I'd sell records by the ton
All sung by many other fellows
[Verse 6]
My name would then be, handsome Jack, and I'd sell boats of opium
Whisky that came from Twickenham, authentic queers and phony virgins
If I had banks on every finger, a finger in every country
And all the country's ruled by me, I'd still know where I'd wanna be
[Verse 7]
Locked up inside my opium den
Surrounded by some China men
I'd sing the song that I sang then
About the time they called me, Jackie
[Verse 8]
If I could be for only an hour?
If I could be for an hour every day?
If I could be for just one little hour?
A cute, cute, in a stupid ass way
[Verse 9]
Now tell me, wouldn't it be nice that if one day in paradise
I'd sing for all the ladies up there
And they would sing along with me and we'd be so happy there to be
'Cause down below is really nowhere
[Verse 10]
And if my name were Juniper, then I would know where I was going
And then I would become all knowing
My beard, so very long and flowing
If I became deaf, dumb, and blind because I pitied all mankind
And broke my heart to make thing right
I'd know that every single night
[Verse 11]
When my angelic work was though
The angels and the Devil too
Would sing my childhood song to me
About the time they called me, Jackie
[Verse 12]
If I could be for only an hour?
If I could be for an hour every day?
If I could be for just one little hour?
A cute, cute, in a stupid ass way
Written by: Gérard Jouannest, Jacques Brel