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il fait calme

While out with une amie one night
Beside a gloomy seine
She turned to me with eyes alight
And this was our exchange:

“il fait calme. Il fait calme. 
Écrite pour moi un petit chanson.”
She paused by the cool gray river
Her hand on the balustrade

"oui, d'accord. D'accord  mon amie. 
Je vais composer un chanson d’amité."
I cautiously moved to kiss her 
But she moved her lips away. 
She moved her lips away.

“je regrette…tu es sympa,
Mais, je ne pense pas de toi comme ça.” 
She turned to the cool gray river 
Her hand on the balustrade 

"oui, d'accord. D'accord  mon amie.
J’ai pensé que peut-être…mais non…je suis…”
But stifling my words abruptly
I ambled back toward the road
Il n’y a pas d’amour heureaux.

Words & music by michael johnson
© 2006 zubsongs, ltd.