Lyrics of Cousu De Fil Blanc (It's Blatant) - Édith Piaf

Cousu De Fil Blanc (It's Blatant) (original)

C'était un soir de printemps
Je promenais mes vingt ans
En riant, en chantant
Quand je vis en passant
Ses yeux trop bleus
Il s’est approché de moi
Et de sa chaude voix
M’a dit tout bas «Je crois
Qu' c’est pas la première fois
Qu’on s' voit tous deux ?»
C'était cousu d' fil blanc
Il avait tort de chercher
Des tas d' mots compliqués
Il n’a eu qu'à m' parler
Pour qu’aussitôt j' me mette à l’aimer
C'était cousu d' fil blanc
Il a bien vu que j' mentais
Lorsque je lui disais
«J' peux rester qu’un instant
Y a quelqu’un qui m’attend»
C'était cousu d' fil blanc
Lorsqu’il a serré ma main
J' lui ai dit «C' n’est pas bien !»
Et pourtant j' lui laissais
Comme il me caressait
Bien
On n' s’est rien dit, pourtant
On s’aimait tout simplement
C'était cousu d' fil blanc
Notre amour fut merveilleux
Il semblait que les dieux
Ne pensaient qu'à nous deux
Tant nous étions heureux
C'était si bon
Et nous voulions que nos nuits
Durent toute la vie
Nos cœurs n’avaient qu’un cri:
Mon amour, mon chéri
Je t’aime trop !
C'était cousu d' fil blanc
Quand il partit un matin
J’ai cru crever d' chagrin
J' maudissais le destin
Qui m’avait mise sur son chemin
C'était cousu d' fil blanc
Comme un matin de printemps
Je promenais mes vingt ans
En riant, en chantant
Quand je vis en passant
Un grand gars épatant
Il a bien vu que j' mentais
«J' peux rester qu’un instant»
Il a serré ma main
Je n’ai vu que ses yeux
Bleus
On n' s’est rien dit, pourtant
On s’est aimé simplement
C'était cousu d' fil bleu

(translation)

It was a spring evening
I was walking my twenties
Laughing, singing
When I live by the way
Her eyes too blue
He approached me
And in her warm voice
Told me quietly "I believe
It's not the first time
Can we see each other?”
It was sewn with white thread
He was wrong to seek
Lots of complicated words
He just had to talk to me
So that I immediately start loving her
It was sewn with white thread
He saw that I was lying
When I told her
"I can stay only a moment
There's someone waiting for me"
It was sewn with white thread
When he shook my hand
I told him "That's not right!"
And yet I let him
As he caressed me
Good
We didn't say anything, yet
We just loved each other
It was sewn with white thread
Our love was wonderful
It seemed the gods
Only thought of the two of us
We were so happy
It was so good
And we wanted our nights
Last a lifetime
Our hearts had only one cry:
My love, my darling
I love you too much !
It was sewn with white thread
When he left one morning
I thought I was dying of grief
I was cursing fate
Who put me on his way
It was sewn with white thread
Like a spring morning
I was walking my twenties
Laughing, singing
When I live by the way
A great big guy
He saw that I was lying
"I can stay only a moment"
He shook my hand
I only saw his eyes
Blues
We didn't say anything, yet
We just loved each other
It was sewn with blue thread