| La coquette cherchait on ne sait plus quoi
| The coquette was looking for who knows what
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| L’appétit la tiraillait, ça sentait le putois
| Appetite tugged at her, it smelled of skunk
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| Alice passait dans un champ mignon
| Alice was passing through a cute field
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| Quand l’appela une chenille bleue sur un champignon
| When called a blue caterpillar on a mushroom
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| Le nez écarquillé, inhalant un narguilé
| Nose wide, inhaling a hookah
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| Dans sa tête, l’esprit éparpillé
| In his head, the scattered spirit
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| Elle dira ce que vous voulez entendre
| She'll say what you want to hear
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| Puis tout son contraire avant de le défendre
| Then all its opposite before defending it
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| Elle garde des rêves dans des petites boîtes
| She keeps dreams in little boxes
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| Sur deux feuilles, elle roule à mille pattes
| On two sheets, she rolls on a thousand legs
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| La chenille fumait le narguilé, narguilé
| The caterpillar smoked hookah, hookah
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| Aussi tard qu’il est, tard qu’il est
| As late as it is, late as it is
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| La chenille fumait du narguilé, narguilé
| The caterpillar was smoking hookah, hookah
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| Aussi tard qu’il est calculé
| As late as calculated
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| La chenille fumait le narguilé, narguilé
| The caterpillar smoked hookah, hookah
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| Aussi tard qu’il est éparpillé
| As late as it's scattered
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| Dit la passion des prunelles
| Said the passion of sloes
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| Si vous aviez rendez-vous, annulez
| If you had an appointment, cancel
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| Ecoutez la chenille qui fume
| Listen to the smoking caterpillar
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| Ses pensées? | His thoughts? |
| Avoir écrit au clair de la lune
| To have written in the moonlight
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| Grasses et vertes sont les volutes
| Grassy and green are the swirls
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| Bientôt Alice ne se reconnait plus
| Soon Alice won't recognize herself anymore
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| Après l’inhalation tu n’es plus toi-même
| After the inhalation you are no longer yourself
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| A confondre le pouce, l’index, le majeur, à trois nems
| To confuse the thumb, index, middle finger, three nems
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| Elle plane au point d’oublier sa poésie
| She soars that she forgets her poetry
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| Et récite d’inconnues fantaisies
| And recites unknown fantasies
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| La chenille dit ne l’avoir jamais vue
| The caterpillar says it has never seen her
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| Se faire passer pour folle est sa couverture
| Acting crazy is her cover
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| La chenille fumait le narguilé, narguilé
| The caterpillar smoked hookah, hookah
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| Aussi tard qu’il est, tard qu’il est
| As late as it is, late as it is
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| La chenille fumait du narguilé, narguilé
| The caterpillar was smoking hookah, hookah
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| Aussi tard qu’il est calculé
| As late as calculated
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| La chenille fumait le narguilé, narguilé
| The caterpillar smoked hookah, hookah
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| Aussi tard qu’il est éparpillé
| As late as it's scattered
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| Dit la passion des prunelles
| Said the passion of sloes
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| Si vous aviez rendez-vous, annulez
| If you had an appointment, cancel
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| Encore un bout de champi? | Another piece of mushroom? |
| Elle ne dira pas non
| She won't say no
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| Notre héroïne: Alice Vegas Parano
| Our heroine: Alice Vegas Parano
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| Cherchant sa bonne taille quelque-part
| Looking for her right size somewhere
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| Il fera surement jour avant qu’elle ne parte
| It will surely be daylight before she leaves
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| La chenille est enfermée dans sa chanvre
| The caterpillar is enclosed in its hemp
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| Vient dans sa bulle partager sa chance
| Come in his bubble to share his luck
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| Attrape le sourire du matou
| Catch the smile of the cat
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| Au risque d'être recherché partout
| At risk of being wanted everywhere
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| Mais en attendant que la fumée s'écarte
| But waiting for the smoke to clear
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| Elle rit pour narguilé, narguer les cartes
| She laughs for hookah, taunt the cards
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| La chenille fumait le narguilé, narguilé
| The caterpillar smoked hookah, hookah
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| Aussi tard qu’il est, tard qu’il est
| As late as it is, late as it is
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| La chenille fumait du narguilé, narguilé
| The caterpillar was smoking hookah, hookah
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| Aussi tard qu’il est calculé
| As late as calculated
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| La chenille fumait le narguilé, narguilé
| The caterpillar smoked hookah, hookah
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| Aussi tard qu’il est éparpillé
| As late as it's scattered
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| Dit la passion des prunelles
| Said the passion of sloes
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| Si vous aviez rendez-vous, annulez | If you had an appointment, cancel |