Michèle [English translation]

You were barely fifteen

You wore ribbons in your hair

You lived very close

To the Grand Palais

I called you every morning

And together we rode the train

To go to highschool

Michèle, sitting next to you

I was waiting for the break

To go to the café

Drink a chocolate

And then kiss you

One day you turned seventeen

Your hair was flowing in the wind

And often you would sing

"Oh, yesterday..."

Every Thursday afternoon

We would go to the cinema

See the movies, of Marilyn

Michèle, one night on December

Snow was falling on the roofs

We were, you and I

Asleep together

For the first time

Time went by slowly

And blurred out the Prince Charming

Who was offering you travels

In his clouds

I was told you got married

In April, last spring

That you live, in Paris

Michèle, all of this is so far away now

The streets, the joyful cafés

Even the suburb trains

Are mocking you, are mocking me

Michèle, all of this is so far away now

The streets, the joyful cafés

Even the suburb trains

Are mocking you, are mocking me

Are mocking me !

• Artist:Gérard Lenorman