Elle chantait ma vie en musique [English translation]

They told me that she sang

In a lost neighborhood.

[And] so this evening to hear her I have come

And the words of her song

Seemed to be written for me.

She sang my life through music

She'd say my [own] words through song

America again I'd see

She'd touch my heart tenderly

She'd calm me quietly

She'd carry me far away from the present.

The notes of my years

They'd march on neath her hands

Without knowing me she seemed to [already] know me well

Oh, I was alone with her

She'd recount my past.

She sang my life through music

She'd say my [own] words through song

America again I'd see

She'd touch my heart tenderly

She'd calm me quietly

She'd carry me far away from the present.

I'd have liked to guess

That she sang [just] for me

But there was so much sadness in her voice

Ouh, how she seemed to be lonely

Lonely with her song

She sang my life through music

She'd say my [own] words through song

America again I'd see

She'd touch my heart tenderly

She'd assure me quietly

She'd carry me far away from the present.

Ay, I say that she'd sing my life

Oh, and that she'd say my words in song

America again I'd see

She'd touch my heart, oh so tenderly

She'd calm me, oh quietly

She'd carry me far away from the present.

• Artist:Gilbert Montagné
• Album:Elle chantait ma vie en musique (1973)