You’ve been there, forever
Waiting for my heart
To finish old agendas
To not be torn apart

You’ve been there forever
Watching over me
Seeing all I’ve been thru
Until your love could set me free

You’ve been there forever
Smiling secretly
Holding back from touching me
Until I found my own release

You’ve been there forever
Pulling me from the abyss
Pushing my heart gently
Till softly came your kiss

You’ve been there forever
I see so clearly now
That my mistakes have led me here
To what I always knew somehow

That in your arms, I’ll die alone
In you’re smile, I’ve found a home
To your heart,I will atone
The peace you gave, will leave me never
The love you gave, I’ll always treasure
For you’ve been there forever
And ever. And ever.

In the  shadow of the street lamps she waits
For passers by, with time to spare
She gives her all outside the gates
A small chandelle in cold despair

2. Her sweet maquereaux is all she has
He looks out for her, it’s him she’ll serve
The nights are cold, but his bed is warm.
It’s all a waif like her deserves

(Chorus)
But when she sings
Monmartrè stands so tall
But cries the tears of one who knows.
That voice so strong
can heal them all
No sorrow or injustice
Can shame La vie en Rose

3. A voice so forged in fire it lights your way
She sings the songs your heart remembers well
Of gypsies and chevaliers,de la lune
Of beatings that in horror she must tell

(Chorus)
But when she sings
Monmartrè stands so tall
But cries the tears of one who knows.
That voice so strong
can heal them all
No sorrow or injustice
Can shame La vie en Rose

(Bridge)
But late at night
The past creeps in
And begs her to come home
The needle tells her ‘Drift away’
And lovers leave her once again alone  

‘Guitar solo’

4. The starving days and nights
She will recall
And love she gave without regret
Then Paris opened up and gave its all
But those Pigallè nights she can’t forget


(Chorus)
But when she sings
Monmatrè stands so tall
But cries the tears of one who knows.
That voice so strong
can heal us all
No sorrow or injustice
Can shame La vie en Rose

‘But where are you
My little one?’

It’s a ******* sun
Take a look at this fool
Before he fade away
Listen to all the words he has to say.

When you hear the words ‘I love you’
Take a long hard look
Think before you speak
Think before you **** your heart again
Are you well prepared to cry at night?
Or will it take you by surprise?
And are you fine with seeing love for someone else
Shining in your lover’s eyes?

So the world turns
Without regard
And time flies
And tears apart
One more love
That might have been

Words said,
We can’t take back
We understand
The things we lack
But love’s still there

The closer I get to all I need
The more it slips away
But my heart will never listen
To what my head might say
And when it asked  me what did I do wrong
To make you turn away
I couldn’t speak

So I give it up
Just once more
I close my eyes
And open the door
I drop my guard
Let her in
Now I’m on my knees
It’s a ******* sun
Take a look at this fool
Before he fade away
Listen to all the words he has to say.

When you hear the words ‘I love you’
Take a long hard look
Think before you speak
Think before you **** your heart again
Are you well prepared to cry at night?
Or will it take you by surprise?
And are you fine with seeing love for someone else
Shining in your lover’s eyes?

She’s back from somewhere
I ain’t gonna ask the place
Cos it’s non of my beeswax
It ain’t left no marks on her sweet face

It’s like time stood still from the day we last met
She’s older and wiser maybe and yet
Tho I know I’ve ripped the heart right out of me
And carved these lines for all to see
She can still see the soul in me
That I haven’t had chance to get to yet
She could save me if she had a mind to
She could turn it all around if her heart was set in me
I dare not ask
Or even
Pray
All I know
Is that today
She made me smile

She writes and reads and steals
My heart bursts balloon like
My head reels
Perfect eyes cast downward towards page and screen
Lips mouth unknown words
As unknown as a name
As a kiss
As a life past or yet to come.