I ACT AS IF
(Je Fais Comme Si)

Charles Aznavour (France)


Each day I wake up with a song
A million new ideas before me
As if I'd centuries to spend

And yet I savour deep and long
The many pleasures life has for me
As if tomorrow it might end

I say because of loving you
I can forget all pain and sorrow
As if the world was only good

I say the golden age is due
And brotherhood of man will follow
As if I still believed it could

And though the world is as it is, I make believe
And though the world is as it is, I act as if
I act as if, as if

I make my childrens' dreams come true
Nothing so hard to do, but trying
As if I ruled the Universe

But sometimes when I'm feeling blue
Each day would dry the tears I'm crying
As if our roles were in reverse

I want to give them faith to see 
That they will move the mountain ranges
As if the choice was mine by right

And I prepare them fervently 
For futures free of fears and dangers
As if I felt no doubt or fright

And though the world is as it is, I make believe
And though the world is as it is, I act as if
I act as if, as if

I tell myself there's not a thing 
Can break apart a love enduring
As if death were an unknown word

I say no force on earth 
Can bring a change from loving to abhoring
As if that never had occurred

And yet I savour deep and long
The many pleasures life has for me
As if tomorrow it might end

Each day I wake up with a song
A million new ideas before me
As if I'd centuries to spend

And though the world is at it is, I make believe
And though the world is at it is, I act as if
I act as if, as if


(Transcribed by Monique Adriaansen & Mel Priddle - August 2005)