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Practical Arrangement

Am I asking for the moon
Is it really so implausible
That you and I could soon
Come to some kind of arrangement

I’m not asking for the moon
I’ve always been a realist
When it’s really nothing more
Than a simple rearrangement

With one roof above our heads
A warm house to return to
We could start with separate beds
I could sleep alone or learn to
I’m not suggesting that we’d find
Some earthly paradise forever
I mean how often does that happen now
The answer’s probably never
But we could come to an arrangement
A practical arrangement
And you could learn to love me
Given time

Well, I like my independence,
I get by, I’m not greedy,
Do you see yourself as Galahad,
Do I really look that needy?
I brought a child up on my own,
Takes me all my strength to face him,
The father upped and left me,
And I’m not desperate to replace him.
Tell me what kind of catch,
Is a struggling single mother?
I respect you and I like you, but I won’t accept another
Empty promise when some grey and stormy rain cloud hangs above me,
When I’ve heard it all a hundred times from a man who said he loved me.
But if we came to an arrangement, a practical arrangement,
Then perhaps I’d learn to love you given time.

I’m not promising the moon
I’m not promising a rainbow
Just a practical solution
To a solitary life

I’d be a father to your boy
A shoulder you could lean on
How bad could it be
To be my wife’

With one roof above our heads
A warm house to return to
You wouldn’t have to cook for me
You wouldn’t have to learn to
I’m not suggesting that this proposition here
Could last forever
I’ve no intention of deceiving you
You’re far too clever
But we could come to an arrangement
A practical arrangement
And perhaps you’d learn to love me
Given time

It may not be the romance
That you had in mind
But you could learn to love me
Given time

Prevod na srpski

Praktičan dogovor

Tražim li Mesec
Zar je stvarno toliko neverovatno
Da bi ti i ja mogli uskoro
da se dogovorimo nekako

Ne tražim ja Mesec
Uvek sam realan bio
To zaista nije ništa drugo
Do novi razmeštaj samo

Sa jednim krovom nad našim glavama
Toplim domom da nas čeka
Mogli bi početi sa odvojenim krevetima
Mogao bih spavati sam ili naučiti to
Ne kažem da bismo našli
neki večni raj na zemlji
Mislim, koliko je to ovih dana često
Odgovor je verovatno nikad
Ali mogli bi postići neki dogovor
Neki praktični dogovor
A ti bi mogla naučiti da me voliš
S vremenom

Pa, volim što sam nezavisna,
Snalazim se, nisam pohlepna,
Vidiš li sebe kao Galahada,
Da li stvarno delujem tako jadna?
Sama sam dete podigla,
Za njega mi treba sva moja snaga
Otac je digao sidro i nestao
I nisam očajna da ga zamenim.
Reci mi kakav je ulov,
jedna samohrana majka?
Poštujem te i sviđaš mi se, ali ne prihvatam još jedno
Prazno obećanje, dok mi neki sivi olujni oblak nad glavom visi,
Kad sam sve to već čula, stotinu puta, od jednog muškarca koji je rekao da me voli.
Ali ako bismo našli neko rešenje, praktični aranžman,
Onda bih možda naučila da te volim, s vremenom.

Ne obećavam ja mesec
Ne obećavam ja dugu
Samo praktičnu alternativu
Samotnom životu

Bio bih otac tvom dečaku
Rame da nasloniš glavu
Koliko loše bi moglo biti
Da mi budeš žena

Sa jednim krovom nad našim glavama
Toplim domom da nas čeka
Ne bi mi morala kuvati
Ne bi morala to učiti
Ne kažem da bi ovaj moj predlog
Mogao trajati večno
Nemam nameru da te zavaravam
Prepametna si ti za to
Ali mogli bi postići neki dogovor
Neki praktični dogovor
I možda bi naučila da me voliš
S vremenom

Romansa možda nije
Ono što si imala na umu
Ali mogla bi naučiti da me voliš
S vremenom