Si Tu N'étais Pas Là by Fréhel

from Sky Heart by Leaf Eichten Lovetree

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This is a classic old French love song that appears on the Amélie soundtrack.
I just love singing this song!

If you're curious as to what this song is about, look up the lyrics! It is beautiful. I think of my wife when I sing it.

lyrics

Si tu n'étais pas là
Comment pourrais-je vivre ?
Je ne connaîtrais pas
Ce bonheur qui m'enivre
Quand je suis dans tes bras
Mon coeur joyeux se livre
Comment pourrais-je vivre
Si tu n'étais pas là ?

J'ai parfois malgré moi
Des craintes folles
Même un soir sans te voir
Je me désole
Tu reviens et soudain
Plus de tristesse
Car tu sais l'effacer
D'une caresse

Si tu n'étais pas là
Comment pourrais-je vivre ?
Je ne connaîtrais pas
Ce bonheur qui m'enivre
Quand je suis dans tes bras
Mon coeur joyeux se livre
Comment pourrais-je vivre
Si tu n'étais pas là ?

Les projets que je fais
Presque sans trêve
Les beaux soirs où l'espoir
Berce mon rêve
Nos tourments bien charmants
Si loin du monde
C'est à toi que je dois
Ces joies profondes

{an English translation}

If you were not here
How could I live?
I would not know
The happiness that uplifts me

When I am in your arms
My joyous heart flies
How could I live
If you were not there?

Without wishing to, I have sometimes
Silly worries
Even one night without seeing you
You come back and suddenly
No more sadness
Because you know how to make it go away
With your touch

If you were not here
How could I live?
I would not know
The happiness that uplifts me

The plans I make
Almost unceasingly
The beautiful nights when hope
Nourishes my dream
Our quite delightful torments
So far away from the world
You are the one to whom I owe
These deep delights

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from Sky Heart, released March 11, 2016

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