Carla Bruni
If You Were Coming in the Fall lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2006
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:33
If you were coming in the fall
I'd brush the summer by with half a smile
And half a spume
As housewives do fly
If I could see you in a year
I'd wed the moon and bow
And put them each in separate drawers
Until their time befalls
If only centuries delayed
I'd count them on my hand
Subtract until my fingers drop
Into the demon's land
Be certain when this life was out
That yours and mine should be
I'd toss it yonder like a rind
And taste eternity
But now the ignorant owls
And lances of time
And certain winged gulls
May like the goblin pea
That will not stay distinct
If only centuries delayed
I'd count them on my hand
Subtract until my fingers drop
Into the demon's land
Be certain when this life was out
That yours and mine should be
I'd toss it yonder like a rind
And taste eternity
If you were coming in the fall
I'd brush the summer by with half a smile
I'd paint the summer with half a smile
And half a spume
And half a foam
As housewives do fly
As housewives take flight
If only centuries delayed
If only centuries would pause
I'd count them on my hand
Subtract until my fingers drop
Subtracting until they fall away
Into the demon's land
Into the demon's territory
Be certain when this life was out
Be sure when this life is done
That yours and mine should be
I'd toss it yonder like a rind
I'd throw it away like a peel
And taste eternity
If you were coming in the fall
If you were to arrive in the autumn
I'd brush the summer by with half a smile
I'd sweep the summer away with a half-smile
And half a spume
And half a foam
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Key vocabulary
- rind
- peel
- but
- goalB1
- lances
- spearsB1
- i'd
- I would
- spume
- froth
- wed
- marry
- bow
- archery
- drawers
- dresser
- befalls
- happens
- yours
- your(s)
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About this song
Carla Bruni is a French singer-songwriter and former supermodel, associated with chanson française. She is known for her chart-topping debut album Quelqu’un m’a dit (2002) and her subsequent No. 1 releases Comme si de rien n’etait (2008), alongside collaborations with artists including Harry Connick Jr., Marianne Faithfull, and Willie Nelson.