Claude François • I believe in Father Christmas (1978)

Claude François interprète ce titre à la télévision pour la BBC à Leysin en Suisse le 10 mars 1978, veille de sa disparition . ------------------------------------- PAROLES | LYRICS They said “There’ll be snow at Christmas“ They said “There’ll be peace on Earth“ But instead it just kept on raining A veil of tears for the Virgin’s birth I remember one Christmas morning A winter’s light and a distant choir And the peal of a bell and that Christmas-tree smell And their eyes full of tinsel and fire They sold me a dream of Christmas They sold me a Silent Night They told me a fairy story Till I believed in the Israelite And I believed in Father Christmas And I looked at the sky with excited eyes ’Till I woke with a yawn, in the first light of dawn And I saw him through his disguise I wish you a hopeful Christmas I wish you a brave New Year All anguish, pain and sadness Lea