Name: Sylvia Plath Reads "A Birthday Present" (1962) by brainpicker in Audio Excerpts of note
Duration: 4 min 4 s
Description: Sylvia Plath reads "A Birthday Present." Written in September of 1962, recorded in October. Background and full text: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/10/29/sylvia-plath-reads-a-birthday-present-1962/

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[Verse]

J'ai un bouquet de roses que je voulais t'offrir

Mais tu es parti

Y a plus personne

Y a plus de bruit

Le grand silence après la fête


[Verse]

J'ai des bouquets de roses fanées dans un vase

J'voudrais qu'tu restes

Moi je te pleure

Y a que du vide

Il n'y a rien d'autre que la fête


[Chorus]

Si tu pars je reste

J'ai encore tant à vivre

Tant à donner à quelqu'un d'autre

Y a que le vide

Il n'y a rien d'autre que la fête


[Verse]

J'ai un bouquet de roses que je voulais t'offrir

Mais tu es parti

Y a plus personne

Y a plus de bruit

Le grand silence après la fête

 
[Verse]

J'ai des bouquets de roses fanées dans un vase

J'voudrais qu'tu restes

Moi je te pleure

Y a que du vide

Il n'y a rien d'autre que la fête


[Chorus]

Si tu pars je reste

J'ai encore tant à vivre

Tant à donner à quelqu'un d'autre

Y a que le vide

Il n'y a rien d'autre que la fête

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Sylvia Plath reads "A Birthday Present." Written in September of 1962, recorded in October. Background and full text: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/10/29/sylvia-plath-reads-a-birthday-present-1962/

Sylvia Plath Reads "A Birthday Present" (1962)

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the song is written, Performed and arranged by Björk.
Lyrics:
I've seen it all, I have seen the trees,
I've seen the willow leaves dancing in the breeze
I've seen a man killed by his best friend,
And lives that were over before they were spent.
I've seen what I was - I know what I'll be
I've seen it all - there is no more to see!

You haven't seen elephants, kings or Peru!
I'm happy to say I had better to do
What about China? Have you seen the Great Wall?
All walls are great, if the roof doesn't fall!

And the man you will marry?
The home you will share?
To be honest, I really don't care...

You've never been to Niagara Falls?
I have seen water, its water, that's all...
The Eiffel Tower, the Empire State?
My pulse was as high on my very first date!
Your grandson's hand as he plays with your hair?
To be honest, I really don't care...

I've seen it all, I've seen the dark
I've seen the brightness in one little spark.
I've seen what I chose and I've seen what I need,
And that is enough, to want more would be greed.
I've seen what I was and I know what I'll be
I've seen it all - there is no more to see!

You've seen it all and all you have seen
You can always review on your own little screen
The light and the dark, the big and the small
Just keep in mind - you need no more at all
You've seen what you were and know what you'll be
You've seen it all - there is no more to see!

Sylvia Plath Reads "A Birthday Present" (1962)

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