Vienne

If I'm writing to you tonight from Vienna
I hope you understand
That I've chosen absence
As my last chance
Our sky was getting so heavy
If I'm writing to you tonight from Vienna
It's because autumn's beautiful in Vienna
It's that, without thinking
I preferred to leave
And I'm in Vienna without you
I walk, I dream in Vienna
To the rhythm of a distant waltz
It seems like the shadows
Twist and blend
How beautiful the evenings in Vienna were
Your letter must have crossed mine
No, I don't want you to come
I'm alone
And I love being free
How I love this exile in Vienna without you

An old Austrian lady
Like only exists in Vienna
Put me up in my room
With drapes of purple and amber
Heavy silk curtains
It's beautiful through the shutters
I see St. Stephen's Cathedral
And when the evening settles
Its blues, its grays, its purples
And the night over the rooftops
Vienna is beautiful, Vienna is beautiful

It's been a week
Already, that I'm alone in Vienna
It's funny how chance works
I ran into the other night
Our friends from Lontaccini
It's been a week
They were just passing through Vienna
They didn't ask anything
But were surprised
To see me in Vienna without you
Me, me, I'm strolling
I'm good, I'm good

And then, week by week
Here I am alone in Vienna
Your letters are getting rare
Maybe somewhere else
You've found a way to forget me
I read and I write but still
How long autumn is in Vienna
In this double bed
Where, at night, I freeze
Suddenly, I miss you
How long Vienna is, how far Vienna is

If I'm writing to you tonight from Vienna
You know, it's because you need to come
I had left. Forgive me
Our sky was getting so heavy
And you, from Paris to Vienna
At the end of an invisible chain
You watch me and I think
Playing indifference
You kept me despite myself
It's midnight tonight in Vienna
My Love, you need to come
You see, I'm giving in
Autumn is so beautiful
And I wish to live it with you
Vienna is beautiful, with you Vienna