When I was the most beautiful in my life

When I was the most beautiful in my life 

The city was falling apart

I could see blue skies and stuff from the most ridiculous places

 

When I was the most beautiful in my life 

So many people died around me

In a factory, in the ocean, on a nameless island

I lost the chance to be fashionable

 


When I was the most beautiful in my life 

No one offered me a gift

Men only know how to raise their hands in salute

They all left with nothing but a gentle gaze in their eyes

 

When I was the most beautiful in my life 

My head was empty

My heart was closed tight

Only my arms and legs glowed like chestnut brown color

 

When I was the most beautiful in my life

My country lost the war

How could it be so stupid?

Rolled up the arms of my blouse

I walked around the menial streets

 

When I was the most beautiful in my life

Jazz was on the radio

I felt dizzy as I smoke again after quitting 

Devoured the sweet melody of foreign lands

 


When I was the most beautiful in my life

I was so unhappy

I was so absurd

I was so lonely


So I decided to live as long as I could

Like Grandpa Rouault in France, who painted some of the most beautiful pictures when he became old

 

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