All Talents

A lady on a chessboard,

a lady playing the piano,

seeing everything in black and white

except when she's partying

in the beautiful City of Light.

Through the great squares

of history, through all the eras,

post- and neo-, classical and romantic.

I can only say bravo, encore,

what a great strategist, it's like a dream.


Here she is on the Champs-Élysées,

the Françoise Sagan of the piano

she could be a young black lady

who has conquered Paris

this woman of the piano keys,

this supreme queen of chess,

she should be in pearls and tiaras

I will let her music breathe,

I will let her music speak for itself.



All The Talents


A lady on a chessboard,
a lady playing piano, Madame
sees everything in black and white

except when painting the town red,
dancing in a nightclub with a partner
in the beautiful city of light.

Across great squares
of history, through every era,
post- and neo-, classical and romantic.

She moves with ease on the chessboard;
I can only say bravo, encore,
such a grand strategist!

She's here on the Champs-Élysées,
the Françoise Sagan of the piano
who has conquered Paris.

She could be a young black lady,
she could be a great white queen,
whatever way you look, she's supreme.