Luyện nghe bài hát THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES

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

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

AND MY MAMA TOOK HER EIGHT KIDS TO HER HOME IN THE COUNTY CLAIRE
NOT BRITISH SON NOR GERMAN NOW YOUR IRISH, SHE DECLARED.
SHE TAUGHT US TO LOVE IRELAND AND TO HATE THE TIN MINES,
AND THE EIGHT OF US TURNED IN THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES.

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

THEN I MET A GIRL FROM GALWAY AND SHE WON MY HEART
WE WERE MARRIED IN THE BRONX IN JUNE AND TOGETHER A START
WE SURVIVIED THE GREAT DEPRESSION THOUGH WE OFTEN WE LIVED IN
AND WE HAD SONS AND DAUGHTERS IN THE BEST YEARS OF LIVES.

BUT MY LOVE IS GONE NOW AND I AM OLD AND THE CHILDREN ALL UP
AND NO MATTER WHAT THE SAY THE DRINK I CANNOT GIVE UP
FOR A MAN'S ALONE WHEN THERE IS NO MORE HOME HIS KIDS AN DARLING WIFE
AND I KNOW THEY ARE ALL BEHIND ME NOW, THE BEST OF OUR LIFE.