Thanks for the Dance – Leonard Cohen

Thanks for the dance
I'm sorry you're tired
The evening has hardly begun
Thanks for the dance
Try to look inspired
One two three, one two three one

There's a rose in your hair
Your shoulders are bare
You've been wearing this costume forever

So turn up the music
Pour out the wine
Stop at the surface
The surface is fine
We don't need to go any deeper
Thanks for the dance
I hear that we're married
One two three, one two three one
Thanks for the dance
And the baby you carried
It was almost a daughter or a son

And there's nothing to do
But to wonder if you
Are as hopeless as me
And as decent

We're joined in the spirit
Joined at the hip
Joined in the panic
Wondering if
We've come to some sort
Of agreement

It was fine it was fast
We were first we were last
In line at the Temple of Pleasure
But the green was so green
And the blue was so blue
I was so I
And you were so you
The crisis was light
As a feather

Thanks for the dance
I'm sorry you're tired
The evening has hardly begun
Thanks for the dance
Try to look inspired
One two three, one two three one

There's a rose in your hair
Your shoulders are bare
You've been wearing this costume forever

So turn up the music
Pour out the wine
Stop at the surface
The surface is fine
We don't need to go any deeper
Thanks for the dance
I hear that we're married
One two three, one two three one
Thanks for the dance
And the baby you carried
It was almost a daughter or a son

And there's nothing to do
But to wonder if you
Are as hopeless as me
And as decent

We're joined in the spirit
Joined at the hip
Joined in the panic
Wondering if
We've come to some sort
Of agreement

It was fine it was fast
We were first we were last
In line at the Temple of Pleasure
But the green was so green
And the blue was so blue
I was so I
And you were so you
The crisis was light
As a feather

Thanks for the dance
It was hell, it was swell
It was fun
Thanks for all the dances
One two three, one two three one

Thanks for the dance
It was hell, it was swell
It was fun
Thanks for all the dances
One two three, one two three one.

On s’est retrouvés dans l’esprit,
Retrouvés dans la tendance,
Retrouvés dans la panique,
A se demander si
On en est venus à un certain type
De contrat.

C’était bien c’était rapide,
On était premiers on était derniers,
Dans le courant du Temple du Plaisir.
Mais le vert était si vert,
Et le bleu si bleu –
J’étais si,
Et tu étais tant…
La crise était aussi légère
Qu’une plume.

Merci pour la danse –
Je suis désolé que tu sois fatiguée.
La soirée a difficilement commencé,
Merci pour la danse.
Essaie de paraître inspirée :
Un deux trois, un deux trois.

Il y a une rose dans tes cheveux,
Tes épaules sont nues –
Tu as porté ce déguisement depuis toujours.

Alors allume la musique,
Verse le vin,
Jusqu’au bord :
Le bord est suffisant,
On n’a pas besoin d’aller plus loin.
Merci pour la danse –
J’entends que nous sommes mariés.
Un deux trois, un deux trois,
Merci pour la danse.
Et le bébé que tu as porté,
C’était presque une fille ou un garçon.

Et il n’y a rien à faire,
Mais pour demander si tu
Es aussi désespérée que moi.

On s’est retrouvés dans l’esprit,
Retrouvés dans la tendance,
Retrouvés dans la panique,
A se demander si
On en est venus à un certain type
De contrat.

C’était bien c’était rapide,
On était premiers on était derniers,
Dans le courant du Temple du Plaisir.
Mais le vert était si vert,
Et le bleu si bleu –
J’étais si,
Et tu étais tant…
La crise était aussi légère
Qu’une plume.

Merci pour la danse,
C’était l’enfer, c’était doux,
C’était amusant,
Merci pour toutes les danses –
Un deux trois, un deux trois.

Merci pour la danse,
C’était l’enfer, c’était doux,
C’était amusant,
Merci pour toutes les danses –
Un deux trois, un deux trois.