It was a time in my life
When my routine offered me
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Only very little off-piste
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I followed the road imposed
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With no overflow of feelings
It was the Parisian autumn
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And the autumn of my feelings
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When chance or luck
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Offered me another option
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Slam was taking its first steps
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Poets in jeans and sneakers
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Spectacular poetry
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I'd known the idea from afar
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I'd never really paid attention
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My life was about to flip
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I was passing by with an open mind
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In that bar, I saw a light
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It was a time in my life
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Where my heart had curled up
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But feelings shriveled up
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And that suited me fine
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I lived anything but reclusive
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It's just that I wasn't looking for love
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And it wasn't looking for me either
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It was spring in Saint-Denis
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But not really in my heart
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When chance or luck
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Offered me another option
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She was there, at that table
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And I saw nothing else around
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She was beautiful and intense
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Like a love story can be
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I'd known the idea from afar
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I hadn't had just wins
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I'd never have guessed
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What the rest had in store for me
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I was passing by with an open mind
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Without expecting to meet her
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In her life, I saw a light
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It was a period on Earth
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When everything was bound to go wrong
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Climate, war, misery
Made the front page of the news
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A couple of nasty physical hassles
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In a catastrophic mood
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It was winter over France
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And winter over my ambitions
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When chance or luck
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Offered me another option
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I was strolling when I suddenly bumped into
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She looked like optimism
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But her name was confidence
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I'd known the idea up close
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I loved its different versions
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Trust in you, in me
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In our power to react
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I followed her with an open mind
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She's become my official buddy
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In the future, I saw a light