C'est la vie, mon ami, C'est la vie!
See the world, make some love, C'est la vie!
You are born, then you live, then you die, C'est la vie!
C'est la vie! ma cheri, C'est la vie!

(Verse)

Be a lover first of all where you may go,
Taste the vintage wines of life so you may know,
You'll have shared the passions youth alone dares taste,
Life's too short for even just a moment's waste!

A-h-h-h! C'est la vie!

C'est la vie, mon ami, C'est la vie!
See the world, make some love, C'est la vie!
You are born, then you live, then you die, C'est la vie!
C'est la vie! ma cheri, C'est la vie!

(Verse)

Gather up the blossoms from the bowers of romance,
Use the rhythm of your body and dance,
You'll regret the most those chances that you passed,
Just like yesterday, today will never last!

C'est ls vie, mon ami, C'est la vie!
See the world, make some love, C'est la vie!
You are born, then you live, then you die, C'est la vie!
C'est la vie! ma cheri, C'est la vie!

Heartbreak's pain you'll also know well, sans escape,
If you've lived life to the hilt then closed the drape,
They will speak of you as one they most admire,
For where all you wen t you left a trail of fire!

C'est la vie, mon ami, C'est la vie!
See the world, make some love, C'est la vie!
You are born, then you live, then you die, C'est la vie!
C'est la vie! ma cheri, C'est la vie!

C'est la vie ma cheri C'est la vie! Oh-h-h! C'est la vie

Writer : BOBBY LEE CUDE, WATIE RILEY PICKENS
Copyright : Lyrics © Bob L Cude D/B/A Cude And Pickens Publishing