Joe Dassin - L’Amérique (English Translation) lyrics

[Verse 1]
My friends, I must leave you
All I have left to do is throw away the key
Because she's been waiting for me since I was born
America

[Verse 2]
I will leave on this road
Many things that I have loved
It will start with a little sorrow
America

[Chorus]
America, America, I want to have it and I will
America, America, if it's only a dream I will know it
All the whistling trains, all the sirens in the wake
Have sung a thousand times to me the song of El Dorado

[Verse 3]
My friends, I bid you farewell
I should cry for you a little
Forgive me if there's nothing in my eyes
But for America

[Verse 4]
I don't know when I'll return
Woven from gold and embroidered with silver
Or penniless, but richer than before
With America
[Chorus]

America, America, if it's a dream then I will dream
America, America, if it's a dream, I want to dream