Céline Dion

Released: August 27, 1985

Songwriter: Paul Baillargeon Eddy Marnay

Producer: René Angélil

[Verse 1]
Elle
Avait dix-huit ans
Les cheveux au vent
La ligne
D'un cygne
Qui depliait ses...

[She
Was eighteen years old
Hair in the wind
The line
Of a swan
Who's unfolding her (wings)]

[Verse 2]
Elle
Avait les accents
D'un oiseau chantant
Et tous les musiciens
Se retournaient sur...

[She
Had the lines
Of a singing bird
And all musicians
Were turning to (her)]

[Verse 3]
Elle
Avait tout l'eclat
De ce siecle-la
Ou la valse
Etait reine
Ou l'amour etait roi
Dans un ciel
De dentelles
Irre...

[She
Had all the shinning
Of that century
Where the waltz
Was queen
Where love was king
In a sky
Of lace
Unreal]

[Verse 4]
Elle
Promenait ses mains
Sur un clavecin
Et Chopin la trouvait
B...elle
N'avait qu'a sourire
Pour le faire ecrire
Ecoutez
Les preludes
Qu'il composait pour elle

[She
Was walking her hands
On a harpsichord
And Chopin was considering her
Beautiful
Only had to smile
To make him write
Listen to
The preludes
He was composing for her]

[Verse 5]
Elle
J'ai tant reve d'elle
Parle avec elle
Que souvent
Je me prends
Pour elle

[She
I so much dreamed about her
Spoke with her
That often
I take myself
For her]

[Verse 6]
Elle
Est mon ideal
La plus grande etoile
Et je veux
Ressembler
A son portrait fidele
Il n'y a qu'elle
Et c'est elle
Mon mod...

[She
Is my ideal
The biggest star
And I want
To look like
Her accurate portrait
The was only her
And it's her
My model]

[Verse 7]
Elle
Avait dix-huit ans
Les cheveux au vent
La magie
Des folies
Que l'on faisait pour elle
C'etait la plus belle
Je voudrais etre...elle!

[She
Was eighteen years old
Hair in the wind
The magic
Of the irrational things
They were doing for her
She was the most beautiful
I would like to be ...her]

Céline Marie Claudette Dion is a Canadian singer. She is renowned for her powerful, technically skilled vocals, and remains the best-selling Canadian recording artist and one of the best-selling artists of all time with record sales of over 250 million worldwide.

She emerged as a teen star in her home country with a series of French-language albums during the 1980s. She first gained international recognition by winning both the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, where she represented Switzerland. After learning to speak English, she signed on to Epic Records in the United States. In 1990, Dion released her debut English-language album, Unison, establishing herself as a viable pop artist in North America and other English-speaking areas of the world.

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C’est pour toi

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C’est pour toi (1985)

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C’est pour toi