SHE - Elvis Costello [cover, Dimitris Voutsas]

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"SHE" written by Charles Aznavour and Herbert Kretzmer (1974).

LYRICS
She may be the face I can't forget
The trace of pleasure or regret
Maybe my treasure or the price I have to pay
She may be the song that summer sings
Maybe the children autumn brings
Maybe a hundred different things
Within the measure of a day

She may be the beauty or the beast
Maybe the famine or the feast
May turn each day into a Heaven or a Hell
She may be the mirror of my dreams
A smile reflected in a stream
She may not be what she may seem
Inside her shell

She, who always seems so happy in a crowd
Whose eyes can be so private and so proud
No one's allowed to see them when they cry
She maybe the love that cannot hope to last
May come to leap from shadows in the past
That I remember 'till the day I die

She maybe the reason I survive
The why and wherefore kind of life
The one I care for through the rough and ready years

Me, I'll take the laughter and your tears
And make them all my souvenirs
And when she goes I've got to be
The meaning of my life is
She, she
Oh, she

INFO
"She" is a song written by Charles Aznavour and Herbert Kretzmer and released by Aznavour as a single in 1974. The song was written as a theme tune for the British TV series Seven Faces of Woman.[1]

The song was also recorded in French, German and Italian, under the titles "Tous les visages de l'amour" (English: All the Faces of Love), "Sie" (English: She) and "Lei" (English: She), respectively.

Despite not achieving commercial success in the United States and in Aznavour's home country, the song peaked at number 1 on the UK Single Chart and it was certified silver for shipments exceeding 250,000 units. The song was recorded by Aznavour in several different languages aside from English, namely French and Italian, as well as Spanish and German.

Elvis Costello recorded a cover version of the song in 1999. This version of the song, produced by Trevor Jones, was featured over the opening credits of the film Notting Hill and charted throughout Europe.