La valse à mille temps

At the first beat of the waltz
All alone you're already smiling
At the first beat of the waltz
I am alone but I see you
And Paris beating the rhythm
Paris measuring our excitement
And Paris beating the rhythm
Whispers softly to me

A waltz in three beats
That still offers the time
That still offers the time
To take detours
Towards love
How charming it is
A waltz in four beats
Is much less dancing
Is much less dancing
But just as charming
As a waltz in three beats
A waltz in four beats
A waltz at twenty
Is much more troubling
Is much more troubling
But much more charming
Than a waltz in three beats
A waltz at twenty
A waltz in a hundred beats
A waltz in a hundred years
A waltz is heard
At every crossroad
In Paris where love
Refreshes in spring
A waltz with a thousand beats
A waltz with a thousand beats
A waltz took the time
To wait twenty years
For you to be twenty
And for me to be twenty
A waltz with a thousand beats
A waltz with a thousand beats
A waltz with a thousand beats
Offers only to lovers
Three hundred and thirty-three times the time
To build a novel

At the second beat of the waltz
We are two, you are in my arms
At the second beat of the waltz
We both count one two three
And Paris beating the rhythm
Paris measuring our excitement
And Paris beating the rhythm
Already hums to us

A waltz in three beats
That still offers the time
That still offers the time
To take detours
Towards love
How charming it is
A waltz in four beats
Is much less dancing
Is much less dancing
But just as charming
As a waltz in three beats
A waltz in four beats
A waltz at twenty
Is much more troubling
Is much more troubling
But much more charming
Than a waltz in three beats
A waltz at twenty
A waltz in a hundred beats
A waltz in a hundred beats
A waltz is heard
At every crossroad
In Paris where love
Refreshes in spring
A waltz with a thousand beats
A waltz with a thousand beats
A waltz took the time
To wait twenty years
For you to be twenty
And for me to be twenty
A waltz with a thousand beats
A waltz with a thousand beats
A waltz with a thousand beats
Offers only to lovers
Three hundred and thirty-three times the time
To build a novel

At the third beat of the waltz
We finally waltz all three
At the third beat of the waltz
There's you, there's love, and there's me
And Paris beating the rhythm
Paris measuring our excitement
And Paris beating the rhythm
Finally lets its joy burst out

A waltz in three beats
That still offers the time
That still offers the time
To take detours
Towards love
How charming it is
A waltz in four beats
Is much less dancing
Is much less dancing
But just as charming
As a waltz in three beats
A waltz in four beats
A waltz at twenty
Is much more troubling
Is much more troubling
But much more charming
Than a waltz in three beats
A waltz at twenty
A waltz in a hundred beats
A waltz in a hundred years
A waltz is heard
At every crossroad
In Paris where love
Refreshes in spring
A waltz with a thousand beats
A waltz with a thousand beats
A waltz took the time
To wait twenty years
For you to be twenty
And for me to be twenty
A waltz with a thousand beats
A waltz with a thousand beats
A waltz with a thousand beats
Offers only to lovers
Three hundred and thirty-three times the time
To build a novel