Class Act from France

France has always sent the cream of their musical talent to the Eurovision and this year they do not disappoint. Patricia Kaas's rendering of her song Et S'il Fallait Le Faire (And If It Had To Be Done) starts slowly, but gets up to speed quickly and the melody of the piano accompaniment will haunt for for the rest of the week.

Like a modern Edith Piaf, her song lists the things she would be prepared to do to keep her love. A simple premise for a touching song with understated Stage Show, and likely to become an instant Eurovision Classic - and our tip for a top ten surprise in the final.

And If It Had To Be Done

Music: Fred Blondin
Lyrics: Anse Lazio

If it had to be done, I would stop the earth
I would turn off the light so that you stay asleep
If it had to be done to please you, raising opposite winds
In a desert without life, I would find the sea

And if it had to be done, I would stop the rain
It will turn around the rest of our lives
If it had to be done to please you, listening to you every night
When you speak of love, I would speak of it too

So you still look into the depth of my eyes
So you still see in there the biggest of the big fires
And so your hand clings to my skin where it wants to
If you fly away one day, I would follow if I could

And if it had to be done, I would repel the winter
With hard blows of springtime and long clear mornings
If it had to be done to please you, I would stop the time
So all your words of yesterday stay with me now

So I still look into the blue of your eyes
So your two hands still get lost in my hair
I will make everything bigger and if it’s too much or too little
I would be wrong all the time, if that’s what you want

I do want to give everything, if only you believe in it
My heart does want to bleed, if only you see it
Until being nothing more but the shadow of your nights
Until being nothing more but a shadow that follows you

And if it had to be done