Day 1

Day 1 I was defeated That very first day You held your baguette you had that Alizee sway Love in Paris, always sweet in May Days became months Love became profound We married and forever we said we'd keep Our love, that grew like singers as Joe Dassin knew Children danced and lumières were bright Noël was heaven; we held our hands so tight The journey was never easy, yet we knew we belonged Our future was forever, until père called us home The one day, when the autumn was almost done From out of no where the sound of machine guns Now its over, and the years have past When pure evil took you, yet our love always lasts I sing to les enfants, I tell them is alright Your mama is above, in the heavens so bright I kiss them and wrap my heart around their cuddly little souls Only later, deep in the night Do my tears begin to roll Notes: Dedicated to the victims of the Paris tragedy in Nov 2015. Loosely based on an interview of one of the victims who lost his wife, and also loosely based on the song my Louane called “Jour 1” Translations Alizee means both “go” and is the name of a popular French singer Lumieres in English means “lights” Les enfants = the children