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It's so good... to walk down the street, saying little nothings to the one you love, have passersby look at you with envy, to play piano on her back, to kiss her and celebrate how good life is. The summer hit of 1947 also made famous by Louis Armstrong and Eartha Kitt among many others, and now the Brassard way. All of us on the great lyric by André Hornez and Henri Betti's impossible not to swing music!
lyrics
(ENGLISH BELOW)
Je ne sais pas s'il en est de plus blonde
Mais de plus belle il n'en est pas pour moi
Elle est vraiment toute la joie du monde
Ma vie commence dès que je la vois
Et je fais : Oh !
Et je fais :Ah !
C'est si bon
De partir n'importe où
Bras dessus bras dessous
En chantant des chansons
C'est si bon
De se dire des mots doux
Des petits riens du tout
Mais qui en disent long
En voyant notre mine ravie
Les passants dans la rue nous envient
C'est si bon
De guetter dans ses yeux
Un espoir merveilleux
Qui donne le frisson
C'est si bon
Ces petites sensations
Ca vaut mieux qu'un million
Tell'ment, tell'ment ç'est bon
Vous devinez quel bonheur est le nôtre
Et si je l'aime vous comprenez pourquoi
Elle m'enivre et je n'en veux plus d'autres
Car elle est toutes les femmes à la fois
Ell' me fait : oh !
Ell' me fait : Ah
C'est si bon
De pouvoir l'embrasser
Et puis d'recommencer
A la moindre occasion
C'est si bon
De jouer du piano
Tout le long de son dos
Tandis que nous dansons
C'est inoui ce qu'elle a pour séduire
Sans parler de c'que je n'peux pas dire
C'est si bon
Quand j'la tiens dans mes bras
De m'dire que tout ça
C'est à moi pour de bon
C'est si bon
Et si nous nous aimons
Cherchez pas la raison
C'est parc'que c'est si bon
C'est parc'que c'est si bon
C'est parc'que c'est... trop... bon
ENGLISH (Basic and very literal translation by Jean Brasssard, not quite as poetical though !)
IT'S SO GOOD
I don’t know if there are fairer ones,
But more beautiful, there is none to me.
She really is all the joy in the world.
My life begins as soon as I see her
And I go "Oh!"
And I go "Ah."
C'est si bon (it’s so good)
Just to go anywhere,
Arm in arm
Singing songs.
C'est si bon
To say sweet words to each other
Small nothings
But that speak volumes.
Seeing our delighted air
People passing us on the street, envy us.
C'est si bon
To watch in her eyes
Wonderful hope that gives shivers.
It's so good,
These small sensations
It’s better than a million,
Because it is good.
You can guess what happiness is ours,
And if I love her, you’ll understand why.
She intoxicates me
And I don’t want any other
For she is all women in one.
And she goes: "Oh."
And she goes: "Ah."
C'est si bon
To be able to kiss her.
And then to start again
At the slightest chance I get.
C'est si bon
To play the piano
All along her back
While we dance.
It's incredible everything she has to seduce me
Not to mention… what I cannot say.
It's so good,
When I hold her in my arms
To tell myself that all of this
Is mine for good.
It's so good,
And if we love each other,
Look for no reason:
It’s because it’s so good,
Because it is so good,
Because it is so good.
credits
from Le gamin de Paris - Jean Brassard chante Montand,
released July 19, 2014
Keyboards - Alexandre Racine; bass - Alexandre Blais; guitar - Eric Savard; clarinet - Léandre de Celles; ; percussions - Pierre-Emmanuel Beaudoin
Vocals: Jean Brassard
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