I was hanging out in the street
Looking for anyone to meet
All I really wanted was to talk to someone
Someone turned out to be you
What I said
Who really knew
I just had to say something
So you wouldn’t leave
Oh Champs Elysées / Oh Champs Elysées
When the sun is out or in the rain
In the afternoon, you can drink champagne
There’s anything you’d ever want
On Champs Elysées
I thought that you looked cool
You took me out with some fools
Who live to play their music, all through the days
So I joined you, and so we went
We sang and drank, and drank and danced
We never even thought to stop and make out
Oh Champs Elysées, Oh Champs Elysées
When the sun is out or in the gloom
In the morning or, when you can see the moon
There’s everything you’d ever want on Champs Elysées
Last night, two strangers, now on the street
Our hands touch, our eyes meet
Two new lovers dizzy from the long night
From the Arc de Triomphe, during the Tour de France
An orchestra plays with their thousand hands
All the birds in the sky, sing for love
Aux Champs-Elysées, aux Champs-Elysées
Au soleil, sous la pluie, à midi ou à minuit
Il y a tout ce que vous voulez aux Champs-Elysées
credits
from White Cenac,
released February 28, 2021
Music by Joe Dassin
Translated from the original French by me