From the recording Good Old Days
Lyrics
[Intro]
Mmm… the night begins to bloom,
At the Cafe de la Lune…
[Intro]
Mmm… the night begins to bloom,
At the Café de la Lune…
[Verse 1]
I lie by the door, where the candles gleam,
You sing your heart like a fragile dream.
Smoke curls high like whispered sighs,
Every note a tear behind your eyes.
[Pre-Chorus]
Poets talk and lovers sway,
You smile like the stars can’t fade away.
But I can tell, through your perfume tune,
Your heart still breaks beneath the moon.
[Chorus]
Café de la Lune… the moonlight café,
Where love and goodbye softly play.
You sing for them, but I still see,
The song you save belongs to me.
[Verse 2]
Raindrops tap the windowpane,
Echoes of laughter, sweet with pain.
Your shadow sways on the old parquet,
Like ghosts that never go away.
[Pre-Chorus]
You pour your soul in every line,
Each verse a memory, aged like wine.
And when you turn, our eyes align,
The moon forgives, the stars combine.
[Chorus]
Café de la Lune… the moonlight café,
Dreams and devotion on small display.
You sing for them, but silently,
Your heart still hums its song for me.
[Bridge]
sous la lune… mon cœur écoute… encore une fois…
(under the moon… my heart listens… once more…)
[Chorus]
Café de la Lune… the moonlight café,
Where night remembers what hearts can’t say.
And though you sing to all who stay--
I’m still your shadow… at Café de la Lune.
[Outro]
Mmm… the night begins to bloom,
At the Café de la Lune.