"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. 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). Despite not achieving commercial success in the United States and in Aznavour's home country, France, the song peaked at number 1 on the UK Singles 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.

 

She

May be the face I can't forget

The trace of pleasure or regret

May be my treasure or the price I have to pay

 

She

May be the song that summer sings

May be the chill that autumn brings

May be a hundred different things

Within the measure of a day

 

She

May be the beauty or the beast

May be the famine or the feast

May turn each day into a heaven or a hell

She may be the mirror of my dreams

The 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

May be the love that cannot hope to last

May come to me from shadows of the past

That I'll remember till the day I die

 

She

May be the reason I survive

The why and wherefore I'm alive

The one I'll care for through the rough in ready years

 

Me

I'll take her laughter and her tears

And make them all my souvenirs

For where she goes I've got to be

The meaning of my life is

 

She

She, oh she