French traditional song a la Edith Piaf, backed by guitar, accordion, two violin & bass. This song written by Johanne Rondeau & Jean Custeau was used in the movie THE SMELL OF SUCCESS, featuring Billy Bob Thornton & Tia Leone.
Long time composer of French songs (lyrics & music) & world instrumental in traditional European. Many songs used in TV series among MONK, 10 THINGS I HATE ABOU
Lyrics
Tu n’y es pour rien (You Have Nothing To Do With It)
(Lyrics : Johanne Rondeau – Music: Jean Custeau, © copyright 2008, SOCAN
ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE MEANING FOLLOWS FRENCH LYRICS
Sur le quai d’une gare mon reve s’est termine
Nos adieux sont tombes en tristes lambeaux pietines
Demain n’existe plus, ma peine est absolue
Il reste dans mon cœur cet amour deracine
Cette voix qui t’appelle est-elle ta destinee
Le chant de ta sirene tu l’as peut-etre imagine
Trouveras-tu le salut la ou je suis exclue
Que faire de l’avenir que nous avions dessine
Toi tu n’y es pour rien, ce sont tes yeux qui m’ont menti
J’ai cru tes lendemains a mes lendemains assortis
Je reste comme une enfant mal aimee qu’on chatie
Non tu n’y es pour rien, ce sont tes yeux qui m’ont menti (bis)
Mes nuits blanches s’etirent tard dans la matinee
La glace a remplace le feu dans la cheminee
Pourquoi a-t-il fallu jeter mon devolu
Sur le seul don Quichotte qui ne veut pas de Dulcinee
Toi tu n’y es pour rien, ce sont tes mains qui m’ont menti
Elles ont peint des tableaux qui ne sont plus que graffiti
Elles ont pris dans mon corps un cadeau travesti
Non tu n’y es pour rien, ce sont tes mains qui m’ont menti
Toi tu n’y es pour rien, ce sont tes levres qui m’ont menti
Me gavant de l’espoir que reclamait mon appetit
Je veux me confesser, je serai repentie
Toi tu n’y es pour rien, car c’est moi qui me suis menti
ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE MEANING OF FRENCH LYRICS
YOU HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT
On a platform in a station my dream ended
Our goodbyes fell in sad, trampled tatters
Tomorrow doesn’t exist anymore, my sorrow is absolute
There is left in my heart this uprooted love
This voice calling you, is it your destiny
Your siren’s song, you might have imagined it
Will you find your peace where I am excluded
What to do with the future we had designed
You have nothing to do with it, it was your eyes that lied to me
I believed my tomorrows to be matched with your tomorrows
I remain like an unloved child that is punished
You had nothing to do with it, it was your eyes that lied to me
You had nothing to do with it, it was your eyes that lied to me
My sleepless nights stretch late into the morning
Ice has replaced the fire in the chimney
Why did I have to set my heart
On the only Don Quixote who did not want a Dulcinea
You have nothing to do with it, it was your hands that lied to me
They painted pictures that are now mere graffiti
They took from my body a mistaken gift
You had nothing to do with it, it was your hands that lied to me
You had nothing to do with it, it was your hands that lied to me
You have nothing to do with it, it was your lips that lied to me
Feeding me with the hope that my appetite longed for
I want to confess, I will be repentant
You have nothing to do with it, it was I who lied to myself
You have nothing to do with it, it was I who lied to myself
