I was waiting

(J'attendais)

Jean-Jacques Goldman
(written for Céline Dion)

And I'd listen for so long the watering fountains
Listen to the infinit singing of the wind
Swallowing peace and tranquillity
From all my memory
Childhood lays like an vast ocean

And I'd dream for long years long indolence
As nothing happens but nothing is forgotten
Sereine I was not knowing
A single burnt of a miss
Only when I crossed you
Did I know, understood

I was waiting, I was waiting
Waiting your vision to finally explain
The why's and how's of those goodbyes
Along these so long roads.

I was waiting, I was waiting
The land of your body the touch of your hands
You my sweet compass, my north
The meaning of my tomorows


And I would reach the teenage troubled sores
Doubts, games and rought tides
I can recall bloodstrokes
Music, and words from France
Ancient lovers

So many lives we nourish of study and science
Adventure, record breaking or money as a destiny
Lives of writting and travelling
Or spent dreaming of power
From time to time I would think of
Listening to the wind

I was waiting, I was waiting
Waiting your vision to finally explain
The why's and how's of those goodbyes
Along these so long roads.

I was waiting, I was waiting
Waiting for your love
Your so beautifull love
Waiting your love to live my life
And give mine in return

i was waiting.

Other translations :

J'attendais (original text in french)