Intro: Sing c'est la vie and soon you will see..ee your cares will be free..ee..just sing c'est la vie. #1. I once knew a man, who owned a butcher shop, he also had apartments to rent up on top. But he didn't include on the sign that he painted, "no pets," and the tenant who rented had six hungry dogs, he regrets. But he said, when things go wrong, just sing this song, the birds in the trees will sing harmony. Chorus: