La nuit, les bruits s'embrassent sous le vent,
La pluie ici, qui tombe tout doucement.
Il n'y a aucune chose qu'on peut tenir proche
Sans toutes ces milles tendresses.

Un rêve secret qui croise au fond des yeux,
Un geste, un mot, et tout à coup le feu.
Ce que je chante, tout ce qui passe,
Est dans toutes ces milles tendresses.

Si mon cœur cassait, je l'ai sauvegardé,
Je me suis cachée dans toutes ces mille tendresses.

Si ton cœur cassait, je l'ai sauvegardé,
Je t'ai caché dans toutes ces mille tendresses.

Et si on se perd un soir du printemps,
Envolé comme paroles de chanson,
N'oublie jamais, je te retrouverai
Dans toutes ces mille tendresses

I want to tell you what it means, it means, if we should lose each other, that I have hidden myself in the small and tender things.

So you will always be able to find me there, and I have hidden you there.

With every small and tender thing I find I will find you there.

Tift Merritt - Mille Tendresses

You plant a rose
And if the rose comes up
You're thankful to God
And when it doesn't you cuss him
You raise a child
And when the child grows up
You got to learn to let go
If you can't learn to love him
But, oh, what a beautiful thing when you sing
Hear all them bells ringing out in the street
Hammer strikes the metal and it makes me believe
'Cause if I don't believe in love
Then I don't believe in you
And I do

Now I'm not saying only bad news comes
For the people who want it
But you gotta play that music for who's listening
You got to have someone you wanna sing it to
Oh, what a beautiful thing when you sing
Hear all them bells ringing out in the street
Blue sky cracking and it makes me believe
Oh, hear all them bells ringing out in the street
Hammer strikes the metal and it makes me believe
'Cause if I don't believe in love
Then I don't believe in you
And I do

Close my eyes, see the glorious sunset
Through the windows of a store and I want it
Anyway, if I ever felt haunted
You were there for me
These angry people who are waiting to judge you
Have their own judgment that they'll have live up to
Open your mouth
And if nothing come through
Remember
You're the one that sings
And it's a gift
And life's a beautiful thing
Oh, don't waste it doll
You build a house and if the house comes up
You gotta work on that house
If you want to make it your home
'Cause everything inside that's not something you own
Is what you're taking with you
On the day that you go
And oh, what a beautiful world when we sing
Hear all them bells ringing out in the street
Hammer strikes the metal and it makes me believe
Hear all them bells ringing out in the street
Oh, hammer strikes the metal and it makes me believe
'Cause if I don't believe in love
Then I don't believe in you
And I do