Joe Dassin — La Violette Africaine African Violet

[Intro] She entrusted me with her green plant for the summer, the African Violet, She gave me a kiss and then she left like a flower, towards a distant beach She had planted us here, my plant and I together, I water it Throughout the beautiful season we waited patiently in the shade, we waited... [Verse 1; Pre-Chorus] My plant had lost her petals and I slept horrible, it was September We lived in a little fire, we waited every other (day), tired of waiting I neglected it a little, she didn't want me, she understood We thought of the crazy nights in front of our tv, we amused ourselves [Chorus] My African Violet Flowers of spring are coming about, and will leave We rediscover in the pain Their companions of other seasons [Verse 2] We were abandoned, and like the winter nights that made themselves long I remarked at the house of friends, of lost dogs, of vagabonds And my plant lived on cigarette butts and hairpins, she wilted She stretched out toward the pane, watching his mistress or a little sunshine [Pre-Chorus] The spring had taken a long time to bring me a nice lady She had re-shattered my heart; she had cleaned my cupboards and put my plant in the trash But I had saved my companion, she had returned to her hearth We will not forget her friends were at cause of a fling that came and went [Chorus] My African Violet Flowers of spring are coming about, and will leave We rediscover (ourselves) in the pain Their companions of other seasons