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Lyrics to A Song For Europe

Lyrics to the song A Song For Europe as recorded by Roxy Music.

Words & Music by Bryan Ferry & Andy MacKay

Here as I sit at this empty cafe
Thinking of you
I remember all those moments
Lost in wonder that we'll never
Find again

Though the world is my oyster
It's only a shell full of memories
And here by the Seine Notre Dame casts a long
Lonely shadow

Now only sorrow no tomorrow
There's no today for us nothing is there
For us to share but yesterday

These cities may change but there always remains
My obsession
Through silken waters my gondola glides
And the bridge, it sighs

I remember all those moments
Lost in wonder that we'll never
Find again
There's no more time for us nothing is there
For us to share but yesterday

Ecce momenta Illa mirabilia
Quae captabit In aeternum
Memoria Modo dolores
Sunt in dies Non est reliquum
Vero tantum Communicamus Perdita

Tous ces moments perdus dans l`enchantement
Qui ne reviendront jamais
Pas d'aujourd'hui pour nous our nous il n'y a rien
A partager sauf le passe
Tous ces moments perdus dans l`enchantement
Qui ne reviendront jamais
Jamais jamais jamais jamais jamaisjamais

 

 

A Song For Europe

Album Track

This was the first song to be co-written between Andy Mackay and Bryan Ferry. It has been played extensively on various tours and is an opportunity to feature Andy Mackay's sax playing.

Live on

Roxy Music 1973 Stranded Tour - Roxy Music 1979 Manifesto Tour - Roxy Music 1980 Flesh + Blood Tour - Roxy Music 1982 Avalon Tour - Roxy Music Re-union tour 2001, 2005, 2006, 2010 - Bryan Ferry 2013 Tour (sax by Iain Dixon)

 

BRYAN FERRY MELODY MAKER JAN 1973:-

"It's a pun, of course, on the Eurovision Song Contest, one of the more bizzare events in the calender...Andy came up with the music...it sounded very European to me, so I thought I'd use Latin and French and do it as A Song For Europe."

A Song For Europe has been recorded by Superconductor and David Gahan from Depeche Mode did a version for the John Taylor tribute album Dreamhome Heartaches.

Song Musicians

A Song For Europe is on the following Roxy Music and Solo Albums