Post a song that's like an emotional gut punch.

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5. This old French song from the 1930s

Before Edith Piaf there was the popular and gritty depression-era singer Frehel, who sang about the same prostitutes, poor people down on their luck, and broken hearts that Piaf would sing about. This song is about a once beautiful woman who grew old and now finds herself abandoned by the lovers and admirers she once had. It's a song about the sadness of growing old and finding yourself alone.

Où sont tous mes amants (Where are all my lovers)

Where are all my lovers
All those who really loved me
When I once was beautiful.
Good-bye to the disloyal.
They've gone who knows where;
To other rendez-vous.
But my heart hasn't grown old.
Where are all my lovers.

In my sadness in the returning night
I remain alone. isolated, without support.
Completely unfettered but without love.
Like the wreck of a ship my heart is heavy.
I who once knew happiness
The nights of parties and the admirers.
I'm a slave to my memories
And that makes me suffer.

Where are all my lovers
All those who really loved me
When I once was beautiful.
Good-bye to the disloyal.
They've gone who knows where;
To other rendez-vous.
But my heart hasn't grown old.
Where are all my lovers.

Night dies away and when morning comes
The dew cries along with all my sorrow.
All those I love
Who have loved me
In the pale light of day
They are erased.
I see passing a fog on my eyes
All the puppets I see it is they.
Fighting still with a supreme effort
I think I can still embrace them.

Where are all my lovers
All those who really loved me
When I once was beautiful.
Good-bye to the disloyal.
They've gone who knows where;
To other rendez-vous.
But my heart hasn't grown old.
Where are all my lovers.