When I Was Most Beautiful - Pete Seeger

作词：Noriko Ibaragi+Pete Seeger

作曲：Noriko Ibaragi+Pete Seeger

When I was most beautiful

Cities were falling

And from unexpected places

Blue sky was seen

When I was most beautiful

People around me were killed

And for paint and powder

I lost the chance

When I was most beautiful

Nobody gave me kind gifts

Men knew only to salute

And went away

When I was most beautiful

My country lost the war

I paraded the main street

With my blouse sleeves rolled high

When I was most beautiful

Jazz overflowed the radio

I broke the prohibition against smoking

Sweet music of another land

When I was most beautiful

I was most unhappy

I was quite absurd

I was quite lonely

That's why I decided to live long

Like Monsieur Rouault

Who was a

Very old man

When he painted

such terribly beautiful pictures

You see