Chanson D'Adieu
François Valéry
Goodbye Song
[spoken]
Four in the morning
I can't seem to fall asleep
I can't seem to forget
I light up cigarette after cigarette
Thinking of you
Right now you might be sleeping with someone else
Just a few weeks ago we were together
I sit at the piano
I caress the keys
I want to write you a song
[sung]
Goodbye song
That you can sing some nights
When life throws you a curveball
To refresh your memory.
Just a goodbye song
To make all lovers fall
On the day you hear it
It'll make you cry too.
A beautiful love song
To sing when your heart is heavy,
On gray autumn nights
When you doubt life.
A true goodbye song
That will tell the happy days
On a melody of today
Colored with melancholy...
[spoken]
Yet, we always made love so well together
Maybe too well
Do you remember those nights we’d fall asleep at dawn?
How happy we were! It’s over.
Oh well, nothing lasts forever
But to mark our beautiful adventure
And as a parting gift
I dedicate this song to you
[sung]
Goodbye song
That you can sing some nights
When life throws you a curveball
To refresh your memory.
A beautiful love song
To sing when your heart is heavy
On gray autumn nights
When you doubt life,
When you doubt life.