Carla Bruni
Promises Like Pie Crust lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Advanced
- Released
- 2006
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 2:35
Promise me no promises
Promise me no promises
So will I not promise you
So will I not promise you
Keep we both our liberties
Keep we both our liberties
Never false and never true
Never false and never true
Let us hold the die uncast
Let us hold the die uncast
Free to come as free to go
Free to come as free to go
For I cannot know your past
For I cannot know your past
And of mine what can you know?
And of mine what can you know?
You, so warm, may once have been
You, so warm, may once have been
Warmer towards another one
Warmer towards another one
I, so cold, may once have seen
I, so cold, may once have seen
Sunlight, once have felt the sun
Sunlight, once have felt the sun
Who shall show us if it was
Who shall show us if it was
Thus indeed in time of old?
Thus indeed in time of old?
Fades the image from the glass
Fades the image from the glass
And the fortune is not told
And the fortune is not told
If you promised, you might grieve
If you promised, you might grieve
For lost liberty again
For lost liberty again
If I promised, I believe
If I promised, I believe
I should fret to break the chain
I should fret to break the chain
Let us be the friends we were
Let us be the friends we were
Nothing more but nothing less
Nothing more but nothing less
Many thrive on frugal fare
Many thrive on frugal fare
Who would perish of excess
Who would perish of excess
Promise me no promises
Promise me no promises
So will I not promise you
So will I not promise you
Keep we both our liberties
Keep we both our liberties
Never false and never true
Never false and never true
Let us hold the die uncast
Let us hold the die uncast
Free to come as free to go
Free to come as free to go
For I cannot know your past
For I cannot know your past
And of mine what can you know?
And of mine what can you know?
If you promised, you might grieve
If you promised, you might grieve
For lost liberty again
For lost liberty again
If I promised, I believe
If I promised, I believe
I should fret to break the chain
I should fret to break the chain
Let us be the friends we were
Let us be the friends we were
Nothing more but nothing less
Nothing more but nothing less
Many thrive on frugal fare
Many thrive on frugal fare
Who would perish of excess
Who would perish of excess
Promises like pie-crust
Promises like pie-crust
Promises like pie-crust
Promises like pie-crust
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Key vocabulary
- liberties
- freedomsC2
- uncast
- unharmed
- can
- able
- once
- ounceC1
- been
- —
- warmer
- hotter
- towards
- toward
- thus
- so
- fades
- disappears
- liberty
- freedomC2
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.