"Avec le temps" ("With time") is a 1970 song written, composed and sung by the French artist Léo Ferré.

It was first released as a 45, then on a compilation LP in 1972 called Avec le temps : Les chansons d'amour de Léo Ferré.

This tragic and beautifully sad love song, inspired by Ferré's own disenchantment and recent breakup, was an instant classic.

It was chosen by Arsene Wenger when he appeared on Desert Island Disks on 22 November 2020 The cover photography is by the photographer Patrick Ullmann [fr].

Avec le temps was performed, among others, by: Céline Dion, Bernard Lavilliers, Hiba Tawaji, Catherine Sauvage, Dalida, Philippe Léotard, Renée Claude, Henri Salvador, Catherine Ribeiro, Juliette Gréco, Alain Bashung, Michel Jonasz, Belinda Carlisle, Abbey Lincoln, Mônica Passos [fr], Bertrand Cantat, Youn Sun Nah, the duet Brad Mehldau and Anne Sofie von Otter, Johnny Hallyday, Benjamin Biolay, Tony Hymas, Daniel Lavoie...