Joe Da**in - La Violette Africaine (African Violet) lyrics

[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 bu*ts 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