| Finis les balades le long du canal
| No more strolls along the canal
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| les escalers des cartes postales
| the staircases of the postcards
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| c’est fini, Paris
| it's over, Paris
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| c’est décidé, je me barre
| it's decided, I'm leaving
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| finis le ciel gris, les matins moroses,
| no more gray skies, gloomy mornings,
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| on dit qu'á Toulouse les briques sont roses
| they say that in Toulouse the bricks are pink
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| oh lá-bas, Paris, les briques sont roses.
| oh over there, Paris, the bricks are pink.
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| Paris, tu paries, Paris, que je te quitte
| Paris, you bet, Paris, that I leave you
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| que je change de cap, de capitale
| that I change course, capital
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| Paris, tu paries, Paris, que je tequitte
| Paris, you bet, Paris, that I leave you
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| je te plaque sur tes trottoirs sales
| I'll dump you on your dirty sidewalks
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| Je connais trop ta bouche, bouche de métro
| I know your mouth too well, metro mouth
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| les bateaux muche et la couleur de l’eau
| muche boats and water color
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| c’est fini, Paris, je les connais trop
| it's over, Paris, I know them too well
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| ici je m’ennuie, méme quand vient la nuit
| here I am bored, even when night comes
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| on dit que Séville s'éveille á minuit
| Seville is said to wake up at midnight
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| lá-bas, Paris, la ville s'évellie á minuit
| over there, Paris, the city wakes up at midnight
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| Paris, tu paries, Paris, que je te quitte
| Paris, you bet, Paris, that I leave you
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| que je change de cap, de capitale
| that I change course, capital
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| Paris, tu paries, Paris, que je tequitte
| Paris, you bet, Paris, that I leave you
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| je te plaque sur tes trottoirs sales
| I'll dump you on your dirty sidewalks
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| Paris, tu paries, Paris, que je te quitte
| Paris, you bet, Paris, that I leave you
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| que je change de cap, de capitale
| that I change course, capital
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| Paris, tu paries, Paris, que je tequitte
| Paris, you bet, Paris, that I leave you
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| je te plaque sur tes trottoirs sales
| I'll dump you on your dirty sidewalks
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| á Toulouse il a plu, á Séville j’ai trop bu
| In Toulouse it rained, in Seville I drank too much
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| á Rio j’ai ez le mal du pays
| in Rio I'm homesick
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| oh pari perdu, je retourne vivre á Paris | oh bet lost, I'm going back to live in Paris |