CONNIE FRANCIS - I WILL WAIT FOR YOU

I WILL WAIT FOR YOU

CONNIE FRANCIS

SONGWRITERS: JACQUES DEMY & MICHEL LEGRAND

VERSION: NORMAN GIMBEL

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: CONNIE FRANCIS - SINGS SCREEN HITS

LABEL: METRO RECORDS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1998

"I Will Wait for You" is the English version of "Je ne pourrai jamais vivre sans toi", a song from the French musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, 1964). Its music was composed by Michel Legrand and the original lyrics written by Jacques Demy. It was performed in the film by Catherine Deneuve, whose voice was dubbed by Danielle Licari. The English lyrics of the song were written by Norman Gimbel. This version was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song at the 38th Academy Awards held in 1966.

If it takes forever I will wait for you

For a thousand summers I will wait for you

Till you're back beside me, till I'm holding you

Till I hear you sigh here in my arms.

Anywhere you wander, anywhere you go

Every day remember how I love you so

In your heart believe what in my heart I know

That forevermore I'll wait for you.

The clock will tick away the hours one by one

Then the time will come when all the waiting's done

The time when you return and find me here and run

Straight to my waiting arms.

If it takes forever I will wait for you

For a thousand summers I will wait for you

Till you're here beside me, till I'm touching you

And forevermore sharing your love...