Today, today is my day I’m getting away Today is my day
Today, today is my day No reason to stay Today is my day
I rest on the bedroom chair Brushing long grey hair The face in the mirror Weary and cold
Yet I’m happy today I set my date to walk My time has come to shine And the neighbours will talk
Today, today is my day I’m slipping away Today is my day –
Today, today is my day No reason to stay Today is my day
I’m looking over Paris’ roofs From my window I have watched for years I grew old, forgotten and cold The emptiness will now let me go
Today, today is my day I’m drifting away Today is my day –
Today, today is my day I bear no longer stay Today is my day
My memoirs I’ll keep, with no one left to weep I’ll wear my best dress and finest pearls My hair will be undone, my lips will be red And they will say ’how handsome she lay there on her bed’