Gilbert Bécaud — Je reviens te chercher song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Je reviens te chercher" by Gilbert Bécaud.

Lyrics

Je reviens te chercher
Je savais que tu m’attendais
Je savais que l’on ne pourrait
Se passer l’un de l’autre longtemps
Je reviens te chercher
Ben tu vois, j’ai pas trop chang
Et je vois que de ton cot
Tu as bien travers le temps
Tous les deux on s’est fait la guerre
Tous les deux on s’est pills, vols, ruins
Qui a gagn, qui a perdu,
On n’en sait rien, on ne sait plus
On se retrouve les mains nues
Mais aprs la guerre,
Il nous reste faire
La paix.
Je reviens te chercher
Tremblant comme un jeune mari
Mais plus riche qu’aux jours passs
De tendresse et de larmes et de temps
Je reviens te chercher
J’ai l’air bete sur ce palier
Aide-moi et viens m’embrasser
Un taxi est en bas qui attend

Lyrics translation

I'll be back for you.
I knew you were waiting for me.
I knew we couldn't
Spend a long time with each other
I'll be back for you.
Well, you see, I'm not too chang
And I can see that from your elbow
You've been through time.
We both fought each other.
We both got pills, robberies, ruins.
Who got gagn, who lost,
We don't know, we don't know anymore
We find ourselves bare hands
But after the war,
It remains for us to do
Peace.
I'll be back for you.
Trembling like a young husband
But richer than in the days pass
Of tenderness and tears and time
I'll be back for you.
I look stupid on this landing
Help me and come kiss me
A taxi is downstairs waiting