Luyện nghe bài hát THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES

I WAS BORN IN LONDON ENGLAND IN NINETEEN HUNDRED AND
MY WAS A GERMAN, WITH AN IRISH GAL HIS BRIDE
HE WORKED AS A AND SHE WORKED AS HIS WIFE
AND THEY HARD TO MAKE THOSE TIMES THE BEST YEARS OF THEIR LIVES.

BUT WITH WORLD WORLD ONE THE GERMAN HUN LOCKED FORCES THE CROWN.
AND THE BRITISH LOCKED THEIR GERMANS UP THEY WERE FOUND.
TOOK MY GERMAN FATHER FROM HIS CHILDREN AND HIS WIFE,
AND LOCKED HIM UP ON THE ISLE OF MAN FOR THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES

AND MY MAMA TOOK HER KIDS BACK TO HER HOME IN THE COUNTY CLAIRE
YOU'RE NOT BRITISH SON NOR GERMAN NOW IRISH, SHE DECLARED.
SHE TAUGHT US TO LOVE AND TO HATE THE BLACKENED TIN MINES,
AND THE EIGHT OF US PADDY IN THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES.

I LANDED IN IN NINETEEN TWENTY THREE
AND I GOT A JOB AND I WORKED HARD TO UNITE MY FAMILY
AND ONE BE ONE I THEM HERE TO SHARE IN AMERICA'S PRIZE
OF A NEW DAY THE USA WERE THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES.

I MET A GIRL FROM GALWAY AND SHE QUICKLY WON MY HEART
WE MARRIED IN THE BRONX IN JUNE AND TOGETHER MADE A START
WE THE GREAT DEPRESSION THOUGH WE OFTEN WE LIVED IN DIVES
AND WE HAD THREE SONS AND DAUGHTERS IN THE YEARS OF LIVES.

BUT MY IS GONE NOW AND I AM OLD AND THE CHILDREN ALL GROWN UP
AND NO MATTER WHAT THE DOCTORS SAY THE DRINK I GIVE UP
FOR A MAN'S ALONE WHEN IS NO MORE HOME WITH HIS KIDS AN DARLING WIFE
AND I KNOW THEY ARE ALL BEHIND ME NOW, THE BEST OF OUR LIFE.