Time Was When

Ici, Londres. Les Français parlent aux Français. This is

London. The French speak to the French. Here is the news

The Vichy government today announced that it will 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 cafés ablaze with lights

Where is that radiance now?

We knew then

How we would set the world to rights

Never that innocence now

Never such radiance now

Never such innocence

Lost and gone

Gone 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 was when this was a city in its prime

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