Cenando en Paris – Lyrics Meaning in English – Mecano

This song is about a man whose crush invited him to have dinner in Paris while he was trying to make conversation and seduce her. He’s not sure how or why it happened, but he goes along with it.

Singer: Mecano

Ibamos bajando
Desde Montmartre
Tu mirada fija
En algún lugar

We were going down
From Montmartre
Your gaze fixed
In some place

Más y más
Juntos en cada escalón
Yo traté
De sacar conversación

More and more
Together in every step
I tried
To make conversation

Te pregunté algo
Y sin contestar
Tú me invitaste a cenar

I asked you something
And without answering
You invited me to dinner

Cenando en París
Cenando en París

Nos sentaron solos
En un salón
Tú elegiste cena
Para los dos

Dining in Paris
Dining in Paris
They seated us alone
In a booth
You picked dinner
For two

Y no sé
Bien cómo llego a ocurrir
Creo que
Te traté de seducir

And I don’t know
How it happened
I think that
I tried to seduce you

Nos sirvieron vino
Para empezar
Y me besaste al brindar

They served us wine
To begin with
And you kissed me while toasting

Cenando en París
Cenando en París

Dining in Paris
Dining in Paris

Íbamos bajando
Desde Montmartre
Tu mirada fija
En algún lugar

We were going down
From Montmartre
Your gaze fixed
In some place

Y no sé
Bien cómo llego a ocurrir
Tú me invitaste a cenar

And I don’t know
How it happened
You invited me to dinner

Cenando en París
Cenando en París
Cenando en París
Cenando en París

Dining in Paris
Dining in Paris
Dining in Paris
Dining in Paris