Réveillée par la lumière
D’une après-midi d’hiver
Je n’arrive pas à oublier
La chanson que tu fredonnais
Oh j’aimerais tant changer d’air
Avec toi partir à la mer

Je suis à l’ombre d’un palmier
Et dans l’air doux de l’été je sens mon cœur chavirer

Si tu reviens me chercher, j’aimerais bien t’amener
Sur les vagues dériver

Et je sais que bientôt l’
été ramènera nos baisers
Je suis à l’ombre d’un palmier
Et dans l’air doux de l’été je sens mon cœur chavirer

Si tu reviens me chercher, j’aimerais bien t’emmener
Sur les vagues dériver

Sur la plage je t’attendrai et jusqu’au large je nagerai
Sous la lune
La nuit sera comme un secret et les Etoiles l’éternité
Nous arrêter

Je suis à l’ombre d’un palmier
Et dans l’air doux de l’été je sens mon cœur chavirer

Si tu reviens me chercher, j’aimerais bien t’amener
Sur les vagues dériver

English translation :

ONE
SUMMER EVENING
Awakened by the light
One winter afternoon
I cannot forget
The song you
were
humming
Oh, I'd
so much
like
a
change
of
air
Go with you to the sea

I am in the shade of a palm tree
And in the sweet air of summer,
I feel my heart capsize

If you come back to get me, I'd like to take you
drifting
on the
waves

And I know that soon summer will bring our kisses back
I am in the shade of a palm tree
And in the sweet air of summer,
I feel my heart capsize

If you come back to get me, I'd like to take you
drifting
on the
waves

On the beach,
I will wait for you and I will swim
out to sea
Beneath
the moon
The night will be as a
secret and the stars eternity

I am in the shade of a palm tree
And in the sweet air of summer,
I feel my heart capsize

If you come back to get me, I'd like to take you
drifting
on the
waves

Life’s become so fragile
now that I care
But I guess that means that I’m
Getting somewhere
Remember the time
Laying in your bedWhen you told me that you loved me
And you stroked my head

And I stared out the open window
I’d even told you
That one night howWords don’t mean a thing
But it’s alright
Cause every time
I open my mouth
And I wanna tell you something
But something else comes out

But do you know that I need you nowI’m trying to tell you but I don’t know how
So much frustration in my
Untidy roomThat you thoughtfully went andGot me a broom
But inside my room
Is a messy mind that isTangled and twisted
And untied

You know that I’m not too organisedI’m trying to be but I don’t have the time
The cement in my headWas making me sinkBut you pulled me up
and it hurts a little less to think
So life’s a little fragile
But I guess it always isWhen you’ve got some sort of reasonThat makes you wanna live
But will you share a bit of the weightI’ve carried it with me for 21 years straight

Let my eyes keep on roamingAs you look the other wayIn the end you know I’m not goingSo we’ll just stay the same
Straight past me and straight aheadAs you tell me what you think I needYou haven’t heard a word I’ve saidJust rehearsed lines that you feed me
Stay with me in silence
I’m trying to tell you what I’m missingAs you tell me nothing is wrongBut how can you see when you don’t listenLook ahead and move along
Stay with me in silenceStay with me, but leave me in silence

Oh leave the curtains drawn
And don’t bother staying onLet me pretend that I’m not myself
For a little while, seeThen I’m back on my feetIn the same old skin I know so well
Oh leave me in my little tuneI promise I’ll be back soon
Oh it’s hard to get byWhen you’re afraid to crySo you close your lips and cast your eyes down
You’ve got so much to tell
And so much to yellSo why do you whisper still
Will you tell me if you get boredAnd you don’t feel like staying anymore
Oh and everytime you’re hereNo I don’t want you near,But I can’t take it when you’re gone
So leave me for a while
But leave me with a smileSo that I know you’ll be back for more
Oh please be patient with meThis is not how I wanted to be

Oh I’ll always be there
To show you that I careBut I’m just not very good with words
So I hope you’ll understand
That a squeeze of my hand
Means that I’m all yours
Oh please be patient with me
This is not how I wanted to be

And will you tell me if you get boredAnd you don’t feel like staying anymore

Mon paradis c'est Paris,Même quand il est gris,Des bords de Marne à la rue de Rivoli,Il y flott' un air de fête,Mon paradis c'est Paris.
Un parfum de bohême anime les faubourgs,On s'encanaille on s'aime, et jusqu'au petit jour,Belles Gueules et garçonnes, poètes et dandysOn ne refuse personne, pourvu qu'on aime la vie !

English translation :

MON PARADIS
My paradise is ParisEven on grey daysFrom the banks of the Marne to the rue de RivoliA festive tune floats on the airMy paradise is Paris
A scent of bohemia perfumes suburbsWe take chances, we make love till the first lights of dawnHandsome chaps and flappers, poets and dandiesAll welcome, so long as they are lovers of life