FR:
Quand mes pensées vont parfois,
Vers des lieux distants

Là ou j’étais autrefois

Je vois palpitant


paraître un pays au-delà du grand océan

paraître des bribes de joie,

de tendresse
je ne pourrai oublier les couleurs,

le vent
les gens, la sérénité,

le
bonheur présent
là-bas
je pouvais ralentir le tempo le temps

je chantais à en ravir la paresse

comme autrefois,

comme autrefois
en douceur

rechercher la cadence
comme autrefois,

comme autrefois
lentement pour trouver résonance



si mon passé quelques fois m’est si apaisant

c’est qu’il recèle l’émoi d’un ailleurs distant


là-bas je savais que l’on peut sourire autrement


je chantais fou de joie, de tristesse



comme autrefois, comme autrefois

en douceur rechercher la cadence
comme autrefois,

comme autrefois
lentement pour trouver résonance

ENG:
When my thoughts go sometimes
To distant places
Where I once was
I see a land
a land beyond the great ocean
brief glimpses of joy, of tenderness
I can't forget the colors, the wind
the people, the serenity, the happiness of the moment
over there I could slow down the tempo of time
I would sing to the joy of idleness

as in days gone by, as in days gone by
gently in search of the cadence
as in days gone by, as in days gone by
slowly to find resonance


if my past is sometimes so soothing to me
it's because it conceals the stirrings of a distant elsewhere
there I knew that one could in a different way
i would sing crazy with joy, with sadness

as in days gone by, as in days gone by
gently in search of the cadence
as in days gone by, as in days gone by
slowly to find resonance

ENG:
Today, tomorrow always together like sand the sun and the breeze

in Copacabana Rio
Like walking along the beach with no care in the world
with you hand in hand

in Copacabana Rio

Sidewalks of black and white

making our love take flight
Soaring above the trees a mellow melody that we can sing
This bossa divine nova
Well that look so deep in your eyes sets my heart aglow

I’m in love

Under this night moonlit sky I dream of your smile I cannot deny its (like) Copacabana Rio
You see you’re my Destiny, my comic relief my blessed release like Copacabana Rio

Time and the sea fly by, knowing we can rely
On the shelter we create,

no one can penetrate our passion entwined

Our bossa nova divine
Well that look deep in your eyes sets my heart aglow

I’m in love

I, I look up baby to the moon
And feel the sand under my skin
It's tickly, tickly on my toes

I like the noise
Of disco disco dancing far away

It's the echo of the kick drum
Beating on the other side of town
And coming to me across the beach
Saying

Talk to me
I've waited for the longest moment
Can't you see
This is a dream
We can be we can be
Together till the break of dawn
Cause everything is downstream now

I like the voice
Of girls and boys and lovers far away

It's the echo of a slow dance
Coming from another time and space
Across this place
Right to my ears
Saying

Talk to me
I've waited for the longest moment
Can't you see
This is a dream
We can be we can be
Together till the break of dawn
Cause everything is downstream

I just wanna feelI just wanna feel
Give me something realI just wanna feel

Dance with your heart
Dance with your heart

I just wanna feelI just wanna feel
Give me something real
I just wanna feel
I need it to be real

Dance with your heart
Dance with your heart
Dance with your heart
Dance with your heart