Les Amants D'un Jour

I wipe the glasses
At the back of the café
I have too much to do
To be able to dream
And in this decor
So banal it's heartbreaking
It still seems to me
To see them arrive

They arrived
Hand in hand
With the amazed look
Of two cherubs
Carrying the sun
They asked
In a calm voice
For a roof to love each other
In the heart of the city
And I remember
They looked
With tender eyes
At the hotel room
With yellowed wallpaper
And when I closed
The door on them
There was so much sun
In the depths of their eyes
That it hurt me
That it hurt me

I wipe the glasses
At the back of the café
I have too much to do
To be able to dream
And in this decor
So banal it's heartbreaking
It's body against body
That they were found

They were found
Hand in hand
Eyes closed
Towards other mornings
Filled with sun
They were laid down
United and calm
In a bed dug
In the heart of the city
And I remember
Closing
In the early morning
The hotel room
Of the lovers of a day
But they planted
Deep in my heart
A taste of their sun
And so many colors
That it hurts me
That it hurts me

I wipe the glasses
At the back of the café
I have too much to do
To be able to dream
And in this decor
So banal it's heartbreaking
There's always outside
The room to rent