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Thread #169209   Message #4205886
Posted By: Monique
22-Jul-24 - 02:24 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Mudcat singaround songs NOT in English
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Mudcat singaround songs NOT in English
IL SUFFIRAIT DE PRESQUE RIEN (French)
(Gérard Bourgeois 1936-2016 / Jean-Max Rivière 1937- ) first sung by Serge Reggiani

Il suffirait de presque rien,
Peut-être dix années de moins,
Pour que je te dise "Je t'aime".
Que je te prenne par la main
Pour t'emmener à Saint-Germain,
T'offrir un autre café-crème.

Mais pourquoi faire du cinéma,
Fillette, allons, regarde-moi,
Et vois les rides qui nous séparent.
À quoi bon jouer la comédie
Du vieil amant qui rajeunit,
Toi-même ferais semblant d'y croire.

Vraiment de quoi aurions-nous l'air ?
J'entends déjà les commentaires,
"Elle est jolie, comment peut-il encore lui plaire
Elle au printemps, lui en hiver".

Il suffirait de presque rien,
Pourtant personne tu le sais bien,
Ne repasse par sa jeunesse.
Ne sois pas stupide et comprends,
Si j'avais comme toi vingt ans,
Je te couvrirais de promesses.

Allons, bon, voilà ton sourire,
Qui tourne à l'eau et qui chavire,
Je ne veux pas que tu sois triste.
Imagine ta vie demain,
Tout à côté d'un clown en train,
De faire son dernier tour de piste.

Vraiment de quoi aurais-tu l'air ?
J'entends déjà les commentaires,
"Elle est jolie, comment peut-il encore lui plaire ?
Elle au printemps, lui en hiver".

C'est un autre que moi demain,
Qui t'emmènera à St-Germain
Prendre le premier café crème.
Il suffisait de presque rien,
Peut-être dix années de moins
Pour que je te dise "Je t'aime"
IT WOULD TAKE ALMOST NOTHING


It would take almost nothing,
Maybe ten years less,
For me to tell you "I love you”.
For me to take you by the hand
To take you to Saint-Germain,
To buy you another café crème.

But why put on an act?
Little girl, come on, look at me,
And see the wrinkles that separate us.
What's the point of playing the comedy
Of the old lover becoming young again,
Yourself would pretend to believe it.

Really, what would we look like?
I can already hear the comments,
"She's pretty, how can he still appeal to her
She in spring, him in winter."

It would take almost nothing,
Yet no one you know it well,
Goes back to their youth,
Don't be stupid and understand,
If I were twenty years old like you,
I would shower you with promises.

Come on, well, there's your smile
That turns into water and capsizes,
I don't want you to be sad.
Imagine your life tomorrow,
Right next to a clown
Taking his last lap.

Really, what would you look like?
I can already hear the comments,
"She's pretty, how can he still appeal to her
She in spring, him in winter."

It's another man but me tomorrow
Who will take you to Saint-Germain
To have the first café crème.
Almost nothing was enough,
Maybe ten years less
For me to tell you "I love you"
Live performance by Serge Reggiani
Live performance by Isabelle Boulay (from her album "Merci Serge Reggiani)
Live performance by Benjamin Biolay and Calogero.
YouTube
"Il suffirait de presque rien" Page

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