Les Bateaux

Hello hello yes yes it's me yes yes it's me how are you
Yes yes I know it's been a long time
Yes yes... no, I'm around
I came back, I was thinking of you
Oh no just to catch up...
And your daughter? ... huh? You have two? Oh well!
And how old are they now? Huh? Your daughter
Is in university? Did she succeed well?
No no it didn't work out in Tahiti

Huh? You're not aware? We got caught
Yes, yes... two years. Well two years minus one day
Anyway... do you feel like having a coffee... a tea?
... Do you remember our song?
Oh well, well... no, no... look there... don't cry don't cry
I know you're going to cry... no don't cry no no
Look... it's okay... we messed up

Look... it would have ended badly
You did well... look... I don't blame you,
You did well to leave...
Look... it would have been nice if you gave
Some news, but well... let's forget it
Look... we couldn't... it was too difficult
Too dangerous. Stop crying, don't cry... and the coffee?

The sailboat is on the dock; the ocean is under
The wind; we haven't left
But we're still alive, that's something
The time when we dreamed together is far away
It's so far away it seems to me
The rain falls on the plexiglass of the cabin
In ruins it's almost midnight
The sailboat is on the dock; the ocean is under
The wind; we haven't left
The sailboat is on the dock; the ocean is under
The wind; we haven't left
But we're still alive, that's something
It's always something

Don't look too much at the boats
Sailing under the strangely beautiful moon
They are your dreams fallen into the water
Continuing to run without a captain or sailors
Don't look too much at the birds
Shining under the strangely high moon
They might be your ideals
Don't look too much at the birds

Don't look too much at the boats
Shining under the strangely high moon
They are your dreams fallen into the water
Continuing to run without a captain or sailors
Don't look too much at the birds
Who are late on the flock
And with a leap, they leap towards winter
Don't contemplate too much the solitary birds