Moments - Françoise Hardy

How could so many people be living just for this?

Moments of redemption, momentary bliss…

And what with so many people

Living for the day?

Treetops give the answers

Swallows show the way

It’s so strange

The things we wish for

The things we thought

We couldn’t do without…

It’s so sad

The things we dreamed of

The things we thought

We couldn’t live without…

How could so many memories

Comfort you at dawn

Bring you back to days of happiness?

And what do we do with moments

Once they’ve been and gone

Do they wait in churchyards

Til we pass?

It’s so strange

The things we wish for

The things we thought

We couldn’t do without

It’s so sad

The love we dreamed of

The love we thought

We couldn’t live without…