Eddy Mitchell (born Claude Moine July 3, 1942, Paris) is a French singer an… Read Full Bio ↴Eddy Mitchell (born Claude Moine July 3, 1942, Paris) is a French singer and actor. He began his career in the late 1950s, with the group Les Chaussettes Noires (The Black Socks), taking his name from the American expatriate tough-guy actor Eddie Constantine (later the star of Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville). The band performed at the Parisian nightclub Le Golf Drouot before signing to Barclay Records and finding almost instant success; in 1961 it sold two million records.

Heavily influenced by American rock & roll, Mitchell (who went solo in 1963) has often recorded outside France, at first in London, but later in Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee. Guitarist Jimmy Page and drummer Bob Graham were among the British session musicians who regularly supported him in London.

C'Est Facile
Eddy Mitchell Lyrics

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C'est facile
Les promesses et les serments
C'est facile
D'être amoureux tout le temps
C'est facile
De le dire à tout moment
Mais le faire est parfois plutôt fatigant

C'est facile
D'aller l'emmener danser
C'est facile
Et puis la raccompagner
C'est facile
Un dernier verre dans sa chambre
Mais la suite est parfois tellement fatigante

Pourtant
Un jour, tu viendras
Et là
Je t'étendrais les bras, moi
Et toi
Tu t'y blottiras
Et cette fois, tu sais, je ne m'échapperai pas

C'est facile
Les promesses et les serments
C'est facile
D'être amoureux tout le temps
C'est facile
De le dire à tout moment
C'est facile
Avec toi de faire des enfants (oh)

Oh c'est facile
Les promesses et les serments
Oh c'est facile
Oh d'être amoureux tout le temps
C'est facile
De le dire à tout moment
C'est facile
Avec toi de faire des enfants

C'est facile
Les promesses et les serments
Oui c'est facile
D'être amoureux tout le temps
C'est facile
De le dire à tout moment
C'est facile
Avec toi de faire des enfants

C'est facile
Les promesses et les serments
Oh c'est facile
D'être amoureux tout le temps
C'est facile
De le dire à tout moment
Mais le faire est parfois plutôt fatigant

C'est facile
Les promesses et les serments
Oui c'est facile (je sais, je sais, je sais, je sais)
C'est facile
C'est facile
Oh c'est facile

C'est facile
C'est facile

Overall Meaning

The song "C'est Facile" by Eddy Mitchell is about how easy it is to make promises and declarations of love but how hard it can be to follow through with them. The lyrics describe how easy it is to take someone dancing, buy them a drink, and even take them back to your bedroom, but how hard it can be to keep up the effort required to maintain a relationship. The singer acknowledges that he himself may have made these promises in the past, but he assures his potential partner that this time he will not run away when things get tough.

Despite the singer's promises, there is a sense of weariness and resignation throughout the song. The repetition of the refrain "c'est facile" (it's easy) implies that the singer is aware of how simplistic his words and actions can be. The line "avec toi de faire des enfants" (with you to have children) further emphasizes the weight of these promises, as having children is a significant commitment that requires much more than just saying the words.

Overall, "C'est Facile" is a reflection on the struggles of maintaining a romantic relationship and the importance of following through on promises, even when things get hard.

Line by Line Meaning

C'est facile
Making promises is easy

Les promesses et les serments
Promises and vows in a relationship

D'être amoureux tout le temps
Being in love all the time is easy

De le dire à tout moment
It's easy to say it at any time

Mais le faire est parfois plutôt fatigant
But sometimes actually doing it can be tiring

D'aller l'emmener danser
Taking her out to dance

Et puis la raccompagner
And then bringing her back home

Un dernier verre dans sa chambre
A last drink in her room

Mais la suite est parfois tellement fatigante
But what comes next can be exhausting

Pourtant
However

Un jour, tu viendras
One day, you will come