Annie Philippe is a French singer born December 17, 1946 in Paris. She sang… Read Full Bio ↴Annie Philippe is a French singer born December 17, 1946 in Paris. She sang hit songs such as "Ticket de quai" by songwriter André Pascal, "J'ai tant de peine", "Pour qui pour quoi", or "Baby love". She began as a disc jockey at “Club Twenty One” near the Champs-Elysees, was noticed by the conductor and arranger Paul Mauriat and recorded her first record on Riviera, a sub-brand of Barclay, an EP with, amongst others, an adaptation of The Supremes "Baby Love".
Her second Ep in 1965 was successful with a composition of Guy Marchand, "J'ai tant de peine".

Ça Fait Pleurer
Annie Philippe Lyrics

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Ça fait pleurer, un grand amour d'été
Ça laisse au cœur des larmes et des regrets
Et ça ressemble aux fleurs
Au premier froid, ça meurt
Ça meurt, un grand amour d'été

Ça fait pleurer, un grand amour d'été
Ça vit de rêves et ça fait des projets

Mais quand septembre vient
Avec le premier train
Ça pleure, un grand amour d'été

Mais l'hiver sous la pluie
Dans la ville endormie
Ne peut nous apporter l'oubli
C'est la vie

C'était trop beau ce grand amour d'été
Fragile comme un château de sable mouillé
Mais il faut l'oublier
Et apprendre à pleurer
Quand meurt ce grand amour d'été

C'est déjà loin, ce grand amour d'été
Ça n'est déjà qu'un souvenir fané
Mais c'est comme une fleur
Qu'on garde au fond du cœur

Avec l'espoir de retrouver
Un jour, ce grand amour d'été

Overall Meaning

In the song “Ça Fait Pleurer” by Annie Phillips, she speaks about the painful end of a summer romance. The opening line of the song remarks on the fact that summer love is often a transient experience, and it can be heart-wrenching when it comes to an end. The season of summer is often associated with blooming flowers and warmth, and the lyrics allude to this by comparing love to flowers that die with the first frost.

As the seasons change and September arrives, the once blissful romance comes to an end. The singer notes that the winter season in the city may bring rain and sleep, but it cannot provide the forgetfulness required to heal her heartache. The bridge of the song speaks to the fact that the summer love was once a beautiful experience that offered hopeful dreams and plans. However, this beauty was fragile, much like a sandcastle that washes away with the tide.

Annie Phillips notes that summer love is already far away and fading like a memory. Yet, like a flower that remains in one's heart, she hopes to find this love again one day. The final conclusion of the song is that summer love is fleeting and may bring pain and sadness in its wake, but it is still worth cherishing it in one's memories.

Line by Line Meaning

Ça fait pleurer, un grand amour d'été
A summer love that ends brings sadness and tears

Ça laisse au cœur des larmes et des regrets
Leaving the heart with tears and regrets

Et ça ressemble aux fleurs
Like flowers

Au premier froid, ça meurt
It dies with the first cold

Ça meurt, un grand amour d'été
A summer love dies

Ça vit de rêves et ça fait des projets
It lives on dreams and makes plans

Mais quand septembre vient
But when September comes

Avec le premier train
With the first train

Ça pleure, un grand amour d'été
A summer love cries

Mais l'hiver sous la pluie
But the winter rain

Dans la ville endormie
In the sleeping city