The French have a long line of chansonniers, people who sing about love, life, politics, bicycles and cats. They can make very simple lines sound incredibly poetic. Yves Montand sings "Les Feuilles Mortes" with a lot of feeling. It's not necessarily about lovers being separated by life, it's about friends too. We all must have somebody we would like to find again, find their steps on the sand...
