Time Was When

Ici Londres. Les fran?ais parlent aux fran?ais
This is London. The French speak to the French
Here is the news: The Vichy government today announced
that they would introduce new regulations prohibiting
Jews from working freely in any capacity without authority
Jews from the age of six will also be obliged to wear at all times a distinctive sign of their race
These rules go well beyond the demands of the German invaders...

Time was when
There were caf?s ablaze with lights
Where is that radiance now?
We knew then.

How we would set the world to right
Never that innocence now
Never such radiance now.

Lost and gone
Lost is the gift of being young
Never those memories now
Lost and gone
Lost are the songs we could have sung
Where are those melodies now?
Never those melodies now
Never those memories.

Marguerite, how can I wait another day?
Marguerite, my life is just a day away
Marguerite, now you are here, I'm here to stay
Marguerite, this is our time
Marguerite, this is our one and only time
Marguerite, this is our day
Marguerite, this is our time.

Time was when
There was a city in its pride
Look at it, what it became
Not so long ago, who knew then
Paris would have so much to hide?
Something in Paris has died
Paris is dying of shame.