| J’faisais la manche, mtro Chtelet
| I was begging, metro Chtelet
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| a f’sait quatre heures que je chantais
| It's been four hours since I was singing
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| J’en avais marre, j’tais crev
| I was fed up, I was exhausted
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| Et puis y avait cette fille devant moi
| And then there was this girl in front of me
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| Qui m’regardait, qui bougeait pas
| Who looked at me, who did not move
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| Sans que j’comprenne vraiment pourquoi,
| Without really understanding why,
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| Avec des yeux pleins d’j’sais pas quoi,
| With eyes full of I don't know what,
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| Comme des toiles dans ce trou rats,
| Like webs in this rat hole,
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| Moi j’me disais «des filles comme a
| Me, I said to myself “girls like that
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| C’est, c’est pour les autres, c’est pas pour moi»
| It's, it's for others, it's not for me"
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| Mais quand elle m’a pris par le bras
| But when she took me by the arm
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| Et qu’elle m’a souri aux clats
| And she smiled at me
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| Elle m’a emmen
| She took me
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| Et nous voil sur le trottoir
| And here we are on the sidewalk
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| C’est elle qui portait ma guitare
| She was the one who carried my guitar
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| Mon vieux chapeau noir sur le nez
| My old black hat on my nose
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| C’tait la fin de la journe
| It was the end of the day
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| On jouait le Barbier d’sville
| We were playing the Barber of Sville
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| Devant nous au Thtre de la Ville
| In front of us at the Théâtre de la Ville
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| On a march vers Saint-Michel
| We walked to Saint-Michel
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| Si tu savais c’qu’elle tait belle
| If you knew how beautiful she was
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| J’lui ai offert un croque-monsieur
| I offered him a croque-monsieur
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| Elle m’a regard dans les yeux
| She looked me in the eye
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| J’avais comme une envie d’chialer
| I felt like crying
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| Elle tait comme j’l’avais rve
| She was as I had dreamed
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| Celle qui m’a emmen
| The one who took me
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| J’comprenais pas ce qu’elle disait
| I didn't understand what she was saying
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| Moiti que’qu' chose, moiti franais
| Half that thing, half French
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| De temps en temps, j’me frottais les yeux
| From time to time, I rubbed my eyes
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| Pour voir si on tait vraiment tous les deux | To see if we were really both |
| a grouillait d’monde sur le boulevard
| it was swarming with people on the boulevard
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| Mais y avait qu’elle dans mon regard
| But there was only her in my eyes
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| On s’est promen jusqu' tard
| We walked until late
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| Je lui ai jou de la guitare
| I played him the guitar
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| Je l’ai embrasse dans le cou
| I kissed her on the neck
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| Elle a mis sa main sur ma joue
| She put her hand on my cheek
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| Elle m’a emmen
| She took me
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| J’l’ai invite dans un troquet
| I invited him to a booze
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| On s’est envoy deux sorbets
| We sent each other two sorbets
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| Et puis carrefour du Luxembourg
| And then crossroads of Luxembourg
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| J’ai voulu lui parler d’amour
| I wanted to talk to her about love
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| Elle pigeait pas c’que j’racontais
| She didn't understand what I was saying
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| Alors moi, alors moi, je l’ai embrasse pour de vrai
| So me, so me, I kissed her for real
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| Comme deux cњurs perdus sous la pluie
| Like two lost hearts in the rain
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| Milieu d’la rue, milieu d’la nuit
| Middle of the street, middle of the night
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| Et puis on s’est retrouv chez moi
| And then we met at my house
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| Et l, et l, et l, elle m’a emmen
| And there, and there, and there, she took me away
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| C’tait tellement beau ce soir-l
| It was so beautiful that night
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| Que c’tait comme une premire fois
| That it was like a first time
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| Comme un premier tour de mange
| Like a first round of eats
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| Quand ses cheveux m’ont pris au pige
| When her hair caught me
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| Quand elle m’a mis dedans son corps
| When she put me inside her body
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| Tout a chang dans mon dcor
| Everything changed in my decor
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| Si tu savais comme il f’sait bon
| If you knew how good it is
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| Dans son blue-jean, sous son blouson
| In his blue jeans, under his jacket
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| C’est pas longtemps qu’on s’est aims
| It's not long that we loved each other
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| Mais c’est jamais que j’l’oublierai
| But I'll never forget it
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| Celle, celle, celle, celle qui m’a emmen
| The one, the one, the one, the one who took me away
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| Qui m’a emmen, celle, celle, celle. | Who took me away, the one, the one, the one. |