Once in a life

We lived in a sanctuary

A song could get us free

Slept behind the altar

Only the singer saw



Now it is gone, years on

Times we took alone

Stealing an hour, buying a night

It's hard on the telephone

Love outside the law

Jai tant reve du toi



Is it gone, this year

Is the song still in your ear

Were we only high

Just the wine

Only the times



When we're old

How will the story be told

Windswept smoke used by time

Waiting for the bus

Will that be us?



Do you recall my friend

We never thought we'd ever fall

When the salesman came to call

Selling our soul to buy

Sometimes it ain't no deal at all

Jai tant reve du toi