Bruni-Sarkozy sings about love on new CD

Tuesday, 20-May-2008 8:54PM EDT
    
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PARIS, May 20 (UPI) -- Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, France's newlywed first lady, reportedly sings a version of Bob Dylan's love song "You Belong To Me" on her new CD.

Bruni-Sarkozy's third album is to be released in Europe in July.

In singing the Dylan song, the model-turned-recording artist appears to make references to her whirlwind romance with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. She also seems to allude to some of the exotic locales that have personal meaning to the couple, The Daily Telegraph reported.

"See the pyramids along the Nile ... just remember darling, all the while, you belong to me," she sings. "Fly the ocean in a silver plane ... just remember till you're home again ... you belong to me."

The couple married in Paris Feb. 2 three months after they met.

Bruni-Sarkozy's agent Bertrand de Labbey told the Telegraph "95 percent" of the songs on her new album were either written or chosen before she met the president.

"It is now almost complete. It's just a matter of perfecting it but, as she is a perfectionist, it will take a little more time," Labbey said.