Le temps d'une valse [English translation]

The first one was called Catherine

Tender and all young

Under her blond hair

For me it was baptism

The first I love you

The first thrill

Love is strange at this age

It takes the face

Of innocent games

We stay there on the beach

Always very, very quiet

And yet it’s wonderful

Since we have to part

And to go home fast

When summer goes away

She left without waiting

The month of September

I stayed there

Dance the time of a waltz

The time of a storm

The time of a night

Dance the time of a waltz

The time of the clouds

And it’s already over

The second one wasn’t less blonde

To say it all in short

Almost as pretty

It was the entry to the round

To do like everyone else

And to live my life

But why is it already funny

We’re looking for roles

We never laugh again

It's over for the prelude

Already the habits

And already the regrets

We parted without tenderness

Without farewell, without caress

And without much reason

I had the horrible weakness

To endure sometimes

The accordion tunes

Dance the time of a waltz

The time of a storm

The time of a night

Dance the time of a waltz

The time of the clouds

And it’s already over

The third one was more than a baptism

Too bad, I confess

She was less pretty

But beauty is one thing

Love is something else

And love is life

It’s wonderful when all changes

You see the angels flying

Then everything embellished

We are full of confidence

Ready for the existence

It can come, life

I was too young or too stupid

Since then, when I think about it

I never understood

That in the middle of the party

Without seeing relevance

I was me who left

Dance the time of a waltz

The time of a storm

The time of a night

Dance the time of a waltz

The time of the clouds

Dance the time of a waltz

The time of a storm

The time of a night

Dance the time of a waltz

The time of the clouds

And it’s already night

Dance the time of a waltz

The time of a storm

The time of a night

Dance the time of a waltz

The time of the clouds

And it’s already over

• Artist:Alain Barrière