Name: Bonne Amie (Good Friend)
Duration: P00H04M53S
Description: Originally an assignment in French class to write about someone we admired, I wrote a song about my friend Maxine.

Bonne Amie (Good Friend)

from Limbs by VanPan

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Originally an assignment in French class to write about someone we admired, I wrote a song about my friend Maxine.

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Il y a une fille
There is a girl
avec deux grands yeux
With two ample eyes
Un sourire qui brille
A smile that shines
Même si elle est ailleurs
However she is elsewhere
Mais je l'adore pour son espirit
But I adore her for her mind
J'aime quand on parle et quand on rit
I love it when we talk and when we laugh

Ma bonne amie, Ma bonne amie
My good friend, My good friend
Parler avec toi, ce n'est pas un souci
Talking with you is not a worry
Ma bonne amie, tu donnes ton avis
My good friend, You give me your opinion
à propos de toutes les choses de la vie
on everything in life

Elle incarne la joie de vivre
She embodies the joy of life
Ses belles paroles m'enivrent
Her beautiful words intoxicate me
Te-souviens tu de la chanson du paresseux?
Do you remember the song about the sloth?
On faisait n'importe quoi et on a écrite toute les deux
We did whatever and wrote it together

Ma bonne amie, Ma bonne amie
My good friend, My good friend
Quand j'suis avec toi j'ai pas de souci
When I'm with you I have no worries
Ma bonne amie, Ma bonne amie
My good friend, my good friend
Je te garderai pour toute la vie
I'll keep you for life

Quand on était ensemble la vie rimait avec vacance
When we are together life resembles vacation
Tes gestes et mouvements se font avec élégance
Your gestures and movements are done with elegance
Tu es aux États Unis, je suis en France
You are in the United States, I'm in France
Tu viendra peut-être me voir avec un peu de
You'll come visit me perhaps with a bit of chance

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from Limbs, released August 7, 2016

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