| En regardant vers le pays de France
| Looking towards the country of France
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| Mon cœur est loin de l’indifférence
| My heart is far from indifference
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| Mais capturé par l’amour j’ai laissé faire
| But captured by love I let it go
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| Me voila prisonnier volontaire
| Here I am a voluntary prisoner
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| Tout là-haut des falaises de Douvres
| High above the cliffs of Dover
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| Je regarde ma vie je vois le Louvre
| I look at my life I see the Louvre
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| Mais le vent m’a poussé vers l’Angleterre
| But the wind blew me to England
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| Me voila prisonnier volontaire
| Here I am a voluntary prisoner
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| My lady on the ferry to Dover
| My lady on the ferry to Dover
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| Love and sea made me feel like a teenager
| Love and sea made me feel like a teenager
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| See, see, see what became of your lover
| See, see, see what became of your lover
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| (chœurs: bel ami parle-lui de l’amour)
| (chorus: beautiful friend tell him about love)
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| I’m your knight and I’m riding a Rover
| I'm your knight and I'm riding a Rover
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| (chœurs: bel ami le bonheur est trop court)
| (chorus: beautiful friend happiness is too short)
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| Sur la Seine j'était capitaine
| On the Seine I was captain
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| Sur la Tamise, I’m down on my knees
| On the Thames, I'm down on my knees
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| Tant de princes furent prisonniers d’Angleterre (chœurs: love has come like a rainbow in town)
| So many princes were prisoners of England (chorus: love has come like a rainbow in town)
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| Moi pour elle je suis prisonnier volontaire (chœurs: love has gone like a king
| Me for her I'm a voluntary prisoner (chorus: love has gone like a king
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| with no crown)
| with no crown)
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| En regardant vers le pays de France
| Looking towards the country of France
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| Bel ami parle-lui de l’amour
| Beautiful friend tell him about love
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| J’entends les chants et les rues de mon enfance
| I hear the songs and the streets of my childhood
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| Bel ami le bonheur est trop court
| Beautiful friend happiness is too short
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| Et le vent d'été, l’Atlantique voila l’automne United Kingdom
| And the summer wind, the Atlantic comes autumn United Kingdom
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| Capturé par l’amour j’ai laissé faire
| Captured by love I let it happen
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| (bel ami parle-lui de l’amour)
| (beautiful friend tell him about love)
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| See, see, see what became of your lover
| See, see, see what became of your lover
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| (bel ami le bonheur est trop court)
| (beautiful friend happiness is too short)
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| Car le vent m’a poussé vers l’Angleterre
| 'Cause the wind blew me to England
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| (love has come like a rainbow in town)
| (love has come like a rainbow in town)
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| Me voila prisonnier volontaire
| Here I am a voluntary prisoner
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| (love has gone like a king with no crown)
| (love has gone like a king with no crown)
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| Chœurs:
| Backing vocals:
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| Love has come like a rainbow in town Bel ami parle-lui de l’amour
| Love has come like a rainbow in town
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| Love has gone like a king with no crown Bel ami le bonheur est trop court
| Love has gone like a king with no crown
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| Bel ami parle-lui de l’amour
| Beautiful friend tell him about love
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| Love has come like a rainbow in town
| Love has come like a rainbow in town
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| En regardant vers le pays de France | Looking towards the country of France |