Bay City Rollers — I Was Eleven songtekst en vertaling
De pagina bevat de songtekst en de Nederlandse vertaling voor het nummer "I Was Eleven" van Bay City Rollers.
Songteksten
When I started out the band
I wasn’t even a teenage man
I was young, so young
I was eleven.
You should have seen us standing by the gear
And the funny clothes we’d wear
But I was young, so young
I was eleven.
You should have seen us with our phony phonogram
Playing records by the score of other bands
We had started out to make it big
You should have seen our first gig
I was eleven.
Now there was all of us at school
And we were fighting every rule
We were young and we won
We were eleven.
And so the band began to play
And we were playing every day
We were young, so young
I was eleven.
And so soon we got a PA and what a day
And the drummer got his drums so he could play
We had started out to make it big
Mmm, you should have seen our first gig
I was eleven.
Oh, yes!
I was eleven.
Songtekstvertaling
Toen ik begon met de band
Ik was niet eens een tiener.
Ik was jong, zo jong.
Ik was elf.
Je had ons bij de spullen moeten zien staan.
En de grappige kleren die we zouden dragen
Maar ik was jong, zo jong
Ik was elf.
Je had ons moeten zien met ons nep fonogram.
Platen Afspelen volgens de partituur van andere bands
We waren begonnen om het groot te maken.
Je had ons eerste optreden moeten zien.
Ik was elf.
Nu waren we allemaal op school.
En we vochten tegen elke regel
We waren jong en we wonnen
We waren elf.
En zo begon de band te spelen
En we speelden elke dag
We waren jong, zo jong.
Ik was elf.
En zo snel kregen we een PA en wat een dag
En de drummer kreeg zijn drums zodat hij kon spelen
We waren begonnen om het groot te maken.
Je had ons eerste optreden moeten zien.
Ik was elf.
Oh, ja!
Ik was elf.