Francoise Hardy - Why even try (A quoi ca sert) video free download


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Another rare English version. I was playing my LP's this weekend and was surprised to realise I that I knew this song. I couldn't place it at first.. LOL.. Only when I heard the piano.. I realized it is "A Quoi ca sert" in English. Not as good as the French version for sure, but nonetheless, it is charming in English.

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1969 (Paroles anglaises:- A Clayre)

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our two hearts are the same

they could turn out untrue

we don't want to feel pain

yet maybe I love you

why even try to go away

why even try to hide away

I've got nothing to share

just this world my eyes see

but if it's pain that fear

pain lets no-one go free

why even try to steal away

why even try to run away

or to stay in your ivory tower

grow in peace like some secret flower

alone - alone

when the pain is a little less

we forget there's no happiness

alone - alone

share the stars in the sky

for they're all I can give

share these tears we must cry

if we love, if we live

why even try to stay alone

why even try to live alone

share the stars in the sky

for they're all I can give

share these tears we must cry

if we love, if we live

why even try to stay alone

why even try to live alone

alone -

Comments

9 years ago

bayenet pierre

une voix inégalable,...celle d'un ange!la version anglaise est aussi charmante!vraiment,le talent n'a pas de frontière!

9 years ago

Mark Duncan-Brown

ohjustmagic

12 years ago

Chris Burke

@wareidav Gorgeous song, its a very long time since I heard some of these.

12 years ago

PapaB17

I bought her LP in 1973 in Arizona for 1 $ and since then it is still one of my favorite songs- to dream along....

12 years ago

Mariska Tardijn

I never heard a voice more lovely than this. Thanks Francoise!!

13 years ago

Raymond LaBay

The silence of loneliness can be deafenening.Take care ADonovan43

13 years ago

Mariska Tardijn

one of her most beautiful songs. thanks.

14 years ago

tom kielty

@laduqesa all over the world

14 years ago

borneomick

Such love in her voice.

14 years ago

cor Martens

Very, very good, I love to hear her in English.

14 years ago

cor Martens

A very beautiful song, you feel it on your soul.....

14 years ago

Karen Hahn

I knew of her in 1969 and have spent a lot of time looking for her on cd's . Never saw her until You Tube. How wonderful. This is a rare find. Thanks to who posted it!!

14 years ago

lclmr8

All over the world,

14 years ago

John Duqesa

She had a pretty big hit in the late 60s in the UK. I wish I could remember the song title, but I can't.

15 years ago

D brown

i simply love this woman she has the voice of an angel

15 years ago

lclmr

Très belle version, aux paroles un peu différentes surtout à la fin. "Share these tears we must cry, if we love, if we live... "Traduire, c'est aussi aller ailleurs, et quand c'est réussi le plaisir est redoublé.

15 years ago

swooningtree

aha, i'd always listened to the french version on the comment te dire adieu album... now i know what it means! thank you!

15 years ago

thatsyowch

i LOVE THIS! thanks for posting :)!!!

15 years ago

Amanzi1

Yes it is. Many folks didn't realize that she released a LOT of her material in English. Her accent definitely adds to the charm of the songs. I do wish her record label would release a CD of these.

15 years ago

Amanzi1

I love this song too. I think although I prefer the French version which is on YouTube too, I do love the English version as well. This one doesn't translate too badly either.

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