Where Are You Tonight?

The Cowboy Junkies

Transposer:

There's a young man in the corner, playing crazy all night long. Quarters piled high upon the table. And he orders Wild Turkey with a quick wit and a smile. He says "my darling, you're the one I'll drape in sable." But his baseball cap, and his barroom rap tell me a different story That this is not my prince to grant all my wishes Just another lonely country boy, grown weary of the night. Just another boy, with a sink full of dirty dishes. And where are you tonight ? When I left you in my dreams last night, You promised me that we would be breaking free. Where are you tonight ? And he tells me of the backroads, and I will ride them all night long. And the days of fate and the moon will hang forever. And a cloud of dust will kick up and linger like a sun. And the myth will grow about the two who refused to surrender. But as I catch us in the barroom mirror with his arm around my shoulder, This girl I see has grown so unfamiliar. And as she stands to leave with a stranger by her side, She can't help but laugh at a life turned so peculiar, And where are you tonight ? I don't think I can face tomorrow's light, Not knowing if you'll be there to guide me. And where are you tonight ? I think I can make it through all right, But I'd love to have you just one more time beside me.

La chanson évoque l'histoire d'un jeune homme assis au bar, cherchant à oublier une solitude pesante à travers un jeu de casino et des conversations légères. Bien qu'il parle de rêves et de promesses, il ne représente pas vraiment le prince charmant que la narratrice espérait, mais plutôt un garçon du coin, perdu dans la monotonie de la nuit. Les réflexions de la chanteuse, alors qu'elle se remémore des rêves passés, révèlent une quête d'appartenance et de réconfort, soulignant son incertitude face à l'avenir. Elle se demande où se trouve son véritable amour, qui aurait pu illuminer sa vie, alors qu'elle se trouve entourée de visages familiers mais étrangement distants. Cette chanson nous plonge dans un moment de nostalgie et de désespoir, témoin des espoirs déçus et de la recherche inlassable de connexion.