My father always promised usThat we would live in FranceWe'd go boating on the SeineAnd I would learn to danceWe lived in Ohio thenHe worked in the minesOn his dreams like boatsWe knew we would stayIn timeAll my sisters soon were goneTo Denver and CheyenneMarrying their grown-up dreamsThe lilacs and the manI stayed behindThe end of the worldMy youngest didOnly danced aloneThe colors of my father's dreamsWere fadingFadingWithout a soundAnd I live in Paris nowMy children dance and dreamHearing the ways of a miner's lifeIn words they've never seenI sail my memories of homeLike boats of a shipAcross the SeineAnd watch the Paris sunAs it sets in my father's eyesAgainI love youI love youI love youI love youI love youThank youI love youI love youI love youThank youI love youThank youYes!You're welcomeWhat about my komplettes?I let myself inFor the work of womenMy father always promised usThat we would live in FranceWe'd go boating on the SeineAnd I would learn to danceI sail my memories of homeLike boats across the SeineAnd watch the barren sunAs it sets in my father's eyesAnd I would learn to danceAgain*