Sad, sad, sad Saturday night song.. or is it? Choose how you understand the final line...

Note: I hereby acknowledge that on the same theme, Brel's "Orly" is a million times better than this. At least...

Music, lyrics, guitar and vocals: Yann Vienne

We're sitting on a bench, the sun is shining high,
You take my hand and clench it, something's about to die,

Summer's in the air, you're all I need to know,
I feel a fright, I feel a scare, I'll have to let you go...

Guess I can see the train, so we've run out of time,
I'm looking at a stain, oh, should I toss a dime?

You say it won't be long, only a year or so,
Why do I hum this song, why do I have to go?

I'm drowning in the stream, I should take you away,
Maybe it's all a dream: I'm gonna wake up, hey?

You kiss my face and smile, say I love you and rise,
The girl at the turnstile with kaleidoscopic eyes,

I guess it must be you, about to turn away... 
I guess it must be you, about to turn away... 

You kiss my face and smile, say I love you and rise,
The girl at the turnstile (with) kaleidoscopic eyes,

I guess it must be you, about to turn away,
I guess it must be you... that's decided to stay...

I Guess It Must Be You - Open for collaboration

https://soundcloud.com/theweightytree 's
SC mixtapes for gold miners....
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https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-one 1
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-two 2
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-three 3
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-four 4
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-five 5
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-six 6
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-seven 7
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-eight 8
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna 9
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-x 10
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xi 11
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xii 12
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xiv 13
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xiii 14
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xv 15
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xvi 16
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xvii 17
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xviii 18
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xix 19
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xx-1 20
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xxi 21
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xxii 22
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xxii-1 23
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xxiv 24
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xxv 25
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xxvi 26
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xxvii 27
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xxviii 28
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xxix 29 
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xxx 30
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xxxi 31
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xxxii 32
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xxxiii 33
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xxxiv 34
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xxxv 35
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xxxvi 36
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xxxvii 37
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xxxviii 38
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xxxix 39 
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xxxx 40
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xli 41
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xlii 42
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xliii 43
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xliv 44
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xlv 45
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xlvi 46
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xlvii 47
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xlvii-1 48
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xlix 49
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xlx 50
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xlxi 51
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-xlxii 52
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-liii 53
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-liv 54
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-lv 55
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-lvi 56
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-lvii 57
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-lviii 58
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-lix 59
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-lx 60
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-lxi 61
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-lxii 62
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna63 63
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna64 64
https://soundcloud.com/weightyre/sets/manna-lxv 65

Hi,

My collaborations are still at the following pages: 
https://soundcloud.com/non-sapiens-and-ko 
https://soundcloud.com/ns-hugo
https://soundcloud.com/spidersapiens

But most of them end up being reposted here anyway...

Apart from these, I sometimes repost stuff from others that I've particularly liked but I only do so for 24 hours so as not to clog my own stream too much (nostalgic sigh for old SC...).

And who am I exactly, then? Well, my name's Yann Vienne and I'm a French teacher of English living in Alsace, near Germany. My hobby is to write and perform simple little songs in French and English and since discovering Soundcloud to post them for everyone to hear and my ego to inflate. My wife and some friends appear on certain tracks. 

Please don't hesitate to leave a comment, be it positive or negative. And for regular updates you can visit my Facebook page (and "like" it if you please) at : http://www.facebook.com/pages/Non-Sapiens/231217246890785?sk=wall

Bonjour,

Je m'appelle Yann Vienne, je suis prof d'anglais et je vis en Alsace. Mon hobby ? Composer de petites chansons sans prétention, les enregistrer avec les moyens du bord et poster ces petits brouillons sur Soundcloud. Et depuis quelques mois j'ai un VRAI groupe que vous pouvez écouter ici : https://soundcloud.com/nonsapienslive

(Translation above)

Auteur-compositeur de chansons françaises qui n'attendent que de bons interprètes. 
Après des études au conservatoire et musicologie à la Sorbonne, j'ai enseigné l'éducation musicale à des élèves en école élémentaire de 1982 à 2021.

Dès 1989, alors que je découvrais la MAO, j'ai commencé à faire des centaines d'arrangements de chansons pour enfants ou adultes dans tous les styles pour les faire chanter. Cette solide expérience m'a amené dans un premier temps à composer des chansons pour mes élèves. Puis, je me suis lancé dans un répertoire pour adultes. 132 chansons à ce jour !

Mon répertoire va de la danse traditionnelle française (La bourrée du maumarié), à l’EDM (La tête dans les étoiles) en passant par la musique classique (Double concerto pour violon, violoncelle et orchestre à cordes) et la chanson française, le gros du panier, avec le plus souvent cette pointe d’humour qui fait tant défaut aujourd’hui dans beaucoup de chansons, (ce qui est étonnant quand on voit autant d’humoristes fleurir aux six points de l’Hexagone…)

Même si certains apprécient ma façon de chanter, mes chansons sont faites pour de vrais interprètes qui aiment monter sur scène.

Né en 1961 à Paris.
Membre SACEM

Author-composer and performer... by default of French songs. 
After studying at the Conservatoire and musicology at the Sorbonne, I taught music education to elementary school pupils from 1982 to 2021.

As early as 1989, when I was just discovering computer-assisted music, I started making hundreds of arrangements of songs for children and adults in all styles, to get them to sing along. This solid experience initially led me to compose songs for my students. Then I started working on a repertoire for adults. 132 songs to date!

My repertoire ranges from traditional French dance (La bourrée du maumarié), to EDM (La tête dans les étoiles), classical music (Double concerto for violin, cello and string orchestra) and French chanson, the mainstay of my repertoire, most often with that touch of humor so lacking in so many songs these days (which is astonishing when you see so many humorists flourishing at the six points of the Hexagon...).

Even if some people like the way I sing, my songs are made for real performers who like to get up on stage.

Born in 1961 in Paris.
SACEM member

Hi, I'm a keys player and I like making up grooves to existing jazz and latin standards. Over the last few years I've been mainly working on original numbers.

It's just me in the music you hear, I play all the parts off a keyboard recording in midi and layer up into the finished version.

I started playing the piano as a kid , then took up the trombone and played for fun in various local amateur bands and orchestras. Then at 18 went to college and didn't do anything  musically  for many years. Started playing the saxophone and tuba more recently, and in the last four years or so got back into the keyboard which is now my main instrument.

I like making up jazzy  late night music & music you can listen to when travelling. Sounds like a strange thing but I find the most enjoyable part of a holiday is the travelling part, whether that's on a plane , train or even a car on a quiet road with some nice views. Looking through a window with a changing view, in a bubble of suspended time between two worlds, that's what travelling feels like to me, and I like to write music that sounds that way - http://soundcloud.com/markd54321/361-stolen-moments-320kbps . Can't really explain it any better than that for now. Cheers Mark

I Guess It Must Be You - Open for collaboration

Non Sapiens