In “Les Champs-Élysées” (1969), Joe Dassin is walking down Paris's most famous avenue, ready to say hello to anyone. He meets a young woman, invites her along, and by the next day they're in love, back on the avenue where it all began. Whatever you want, the chorus says, you'll find it on the Champs-Élysées — in the sun, in the rain, at noon or at midnight.
The song is a French version of an English song, “Waterloo Road”, and became one of the best-known French songs abroad, sung in classrooms around the world.
That's no accident: it's slow, clear and full of everyday phrases — to walk, to say hello, a stranger, at noon, at midnight. A perfect A2 song.