Les Champs-Élysées [English translation]

I was walking down the avenue

my heart was open to the new

I yearned to say "how do you do"

to no matter who

and this no matter who was you

no matter what I had told you

just talking to you was the start

to win your heart

In Champs-Élysées

in Champs-Élysées

in the sun, in the rain

in the night or in the day

there is everything you crave

in Champs-Élysées

You told me then: "I have to go

to a garage with loons I know

who live with a guitar in hand

all day they jammed

And after that I walked you there

We sang our hearts out, danced our share

we didn't even think the least

to give a kiss

In Champs-Élysées

in Champs-Élysées

in the sun, in the rain

in the night or in the day

there is everything you crave

in Champs-Élysées

The two unknowns of yesterday

walk down the avenue today

two lovers who have lost their mind

in the long night

From Concorde to the Arch it sings

an orchestra with thousand strings

and when the day breaks all the doves

sing about love

In Champs-Élysées

in Champs-Élysées

in the sun, in the rain

in the night or in the day

there is everything you crave

in Champs-Élysées

In Champs-Élysées

in Champs-Élysées

in the sun, in the rain

in the night or in the day

there is everything you crave

in Champs-Élysées

• Artist:Joe Dassin
• Album:Les Champs-Élysées (1969)