I so wish you'd remember
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That song was yours
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It was your favorite, I think
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It's by Prévert and Kosma
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And every time, "The Dead Leaves"
Bring you back to my memory
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Day after day, dead loves
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Never stop dying
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With others, of course, I give myself up
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But their song is monotonous
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And little by little I grow indifferent
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There's nothing to be done about it
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Because every time, "The Dead Leaves"
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Bring you back to my memory
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Day after day, dead loves
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Can we ever know where it begins
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And when indifference ends
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Autumn passes, winter comes
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And when Prévert's song
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That song, "The Dead Leaves"
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Fades from my memory
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On that day, my dead loves
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On that day, my dead loves
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Will be done dying