Take a look at me and tell me what you find:
Drunken fool and lazy womanising kite?
Maybe so, but you don't know the life I had -
I've walked with kings, I lost it all, but hey, I'm glad!
And when they bring the news that I was drinking champagne when I die
And my sixth wife will tell the gathered crowds: «Now, please, don't cry!»
You see, my friend
I have lived
Each moment of each day
I have lived
You can't take that away
I've lived, I've died,
I've laughed, I've cried,
I've cheated and I've was forgiven
But most of all
I have lived
Cocktail shaker and bookmaker are my friends,
Drink from dusk til dawn, my laughter never ends.
Well, you, you look at me and tell me: «That's no way to live»,
I reply: «I gave it all I had to give».
I have lived, I have died,
I have laughed and I've have cried
I have loved, I have lost
I've risked it all, I've payed the cost
And when they bring the news that I was drinking champagne when I die
And my sixth wife will tell the gathered crowds: «Now, please don't cry»
You see, my friend,
I have lived
So when they bring the news that I was drinking champagne when I die
And my sixth wife will tell the gathered crowds: «Now, please don't cry»
She'll say, my friends,
He'll live...
