La vie n'est pas facile, pour une gamine de seize ans

qui n'a plus de famille, et encor' moins d'argent,

Elle coup' et coud toute la semaine à l'atelier des mouchoirs,

mais le dimanche elle est reine de la danse au bal du soir. 

Tourne vire, virevolte, la belle d'un pied léger,

tourne vire, virevolte, c'est venu le temps d'aimer. 

Elle a jolie frimousse, et le coeur innocent,

des rêves qui la poussent vers un prince charmant,

et c'est en mai qu'il lui arrive, l'invite pour un pas de deux 

D'une valse il l'enivre et les voilà amoureux. 

Ils se sont mariés, ont brûlé la belle saison

la guerre est déclarée, il doit par-tir au front!

A la gare ils se quittent en agitant leur mou-choir,

"Je reviendrai bien vit' et je t'écrirai chaque soir" 

Sur le chemin des Dames, le voilà soudain foudroyé,

elle n'a pas assez de larmes pour son malheur noyer,

mais pour la vie jolie grisette tu ne peux t'enfermer, 

dimanche à la guinguette tu retourneras danser.

English translation :

Twirl 

Life is not easy for a girl of sixteen

Who’s got no family and no money

She cuts and sews all week long in the handkerchief factory

But on Sundays she is the queen of the ball

Spin, turn, twirl, the light-footed beauty

Spin, turn, twirl, the time has come to love

She has a cute little face, and a pure heart

Dreaming of her prince charming

And in May he arrives, invites her to a pas de deux

With a waltz he steals her heart, and they are lovers

They got married, lived life to the full, 

war is declared, he must leave for the front

at the station they say their goodbyes waving the handkerchiefs

“I’ll be back soon, and I’ll write every night

On the Chemin des Dames, he is suddenly struck

She has not enough tears to drown her sadness,

But don’t lock yourself away pretty girl

Next Sunday you will be back dancing at the guinguette.

La vie n'est pas facile, pour une gamine de seize ans

qui n'a plus de famille, et encor' moins d'argent,

Elle coup' et coud toute la semaine à l'atelier des mouchoirs,

mais le dimanche elle est reine de la danse au bal du soir. 

Tourne vire, virevolte, la belle d'un pied léger,

tourne vire, virevolte, c'est venu le temps d'aimer. 

Elle a jolie frimousse, et le coeur innocent,

des rêves qui la poussent vers un prince charmant,

et c'est en mai qu'il lui arrive, l'invite pour un pas de deux 

D'une valse il l'enivre et les voilà amoureux. 

Ils se sont mariés, ont brûlé la belle saison

la guerre est déclarée, il doit par-tir au front!

A la gare ils se quittent en agitant leur mou-choir,

"Je reviendrai bien vit' et je t'écrirai chaque soir" 

Sur le chemin des Dames, le voilà soudain foudroyé,

elle n'a pas assez de larmes pour son malheur noyer,

mais pour la vie jolie grisette tu ne peux t'enfermer, 

dimanche à la guinguette tu retourneras danser.

English translation :

Twirl 

Life is not easy for a girl of sixteen

Who’s got no family and no money

She cuts and sews all week long in the handkerchief factory

But on Sundays she is the queen of the ball

Spin, turn, twirl, the light-footed beauty

Spin, turn, twirl, the time has come to love

She has a cute little face, and a pure heart

Dreaming of her prince charming

And in May he arrives, invites her to a pas de deux

With a waltz he steals her heart, and they are lovers

They got married, lived life to the full, 

war is declared, he must leave for the front

at the station they say their goodbyes waving the handkerchiefs

“I’ll be back soon, and I’ll write every night

On the Chemin des Dames, he is suddenly struck

She has not enough tears to drown her sadness,

But don’t lock yourself away pretty girl

Next Sunday you will be back dancing at the guinguette.

Les gens de ma sorte

Sont de vrais amours

Sur le pas d’ leur porte

Ils vous disent « Bonjour ! »

« Hello ! Tu viens chéri ? »

« Tu seras mon homme »

« Là-haut dans mon p’tit nid »

« Tu pourras admirer Paris »

Les gens de ma sorte

Ont un p’tit béguin  

Pour les gens qui portent

Le « chic parisien »

Pour faire des folies

Une douce ivresse :

Le Paradis des petites femmes de Paris

Sur les Champs-Elysées

Tout près des quais de la Seine

Au comptoir des cafés

Aux abords du Bois d’Vincennes

On peut les voir passer

Très  coquettes elles se promènent

Mon Dieu qu’elles sont jolies

Mais moi j’vous l’dit :

Les gens de ma sorte

Ont des rendez-vous

Qui parfois rapportent

Extrêmement beaucoup

Quand dîner sur l’boul’vard

D’vient une habitude

On n ‘a plus le cafard

Et les idées comme du café noir

Les gens de ma sorte

Rêvent de bijoux

Que les Dames portent

Autour de leur cou

Et si cela finit

Adieu la richesse...

Je veux aller là où mon cœur me conduit

Au Paradis des petites femmes de Paris

English translation :

LES PETITES FEMMES DE PARIS

People like me

Are proper dears

On their door step

They say 

« Allo darlin’ fancy a bit?”

“you’ll be my man »

”Up their in my little nest”

“You can admire Paris”

People like me 

Take a fancy

To people who wear

“Parisian chic”

So are follies

Are bathed in sweet inebriation:

The paradise of the little ladies of Paris

On the Champs Elysées

Right by the quays of the Seine

In the café bars

To the edges of the Bois de Vincennes

We see them go by

So coquettish as they walk

My word how pretty they are

But I must tell you people like me

Have rendez-vous

Which sometimes

Bring in a lot of money

When we become accustomed

To dining on the boulevard

We lose the blues

And thoughts as black as café noir.

People like me 

Dream of jewels

That grand ladies wear

Around their necks

And, dream over,

Farewell richness…

I want to go where my heart leads me

To the paradise of the little ladies of Paris

There is something you should know about me

Something no one knows please believe me 

Very hard to tell i think i’m leaving

There is something you should know about me

Cause i feel so good yes it’s understood

I don’t know why you try to tell me lies

I’d rather say to you goodbye

Try to make you understand a great love is sacrifice

Now that I see the craziness that sets hard in your eyes

I just can’t believe 

I was such a damn fool 

I was so addicted

Oh, I feel so abused

But now man it’s time for me

To make up my mind

Only myself can denied

The needs of my body

I’d like to know 

I’d like to know

Why you hold me tight

Why you hold me tight

I’d like to know

I’d like to know

Why you took this back

Why, why you took this back

I hope someday you’ll get

That the worst thing to say is nothing at all

And all the silly games you play mean nothing at all

You know the sweetest love you make don’t mean nothing at all

Nothing ‘s right

When we could have been right

And we go cloud

When we could have been light

And look up, up up to the top

Up, up to the top

Up, up to the top

I’d like to know 

I’d like to know

Why you hold me tight

Why you hold me tight

I’d like to know

I’d like to know

Why you took this back

Why, why you took this back

Man,

You set my bed on fire

You made me believe you wanted to take me higher

And I didn’t ask you for anything,

No,

I’ve never asked you for anything

Until you came in, you came in, you came in, you came in

I’d like to know 

I’d like to know

Why you hold me tight

Why you hold me tight

I’d like to know

I’d like to know

Why you took this back

Why, why you took this back

Try to make you understand a great love is sacrifice

Now that I see the craziness that sets hard in your eyes

I just can’t believe 

I was such a damn fool 

I was so addicted

Oh, I feel so abused

But now man it’s time for me

To make up my mind

Only myself can denied

The needs of my body

I’d like to know 

I’d like to know

Why you hold me tight

Why you hold me tight

I’d like to know

I’d like to know

Why you took this back

Why, why you took this back

I hope someday you’ll get

That the worst thing to say is nothing at all

And all the silly games you play mean nothing at all

You know the sweetest love you make don’t mean nothing at all

Nothing ‘s right

When we could have been right

And we go cloud

When we could have been light

And look up, up up to the top

Up, up to the top

Up, up to the top

I’d like to know 

I’d like to know

Why you hold me tight

Why you hold me tight

I’d like to know

I’d like to know

Why you took this back

Why, why you took this back

Man,

You set my bed on fire

You made me believe you wanted to take me higher

And I didn’t ask you for anything,

No,

I’ve never asked you for anything

Until you came in, you came in, you came in, you came in

I’d like to know 

I’d like to know

Why you hold me tight

Why you hold me tight

I’d like to know

I’d like to know

Why you took this back

Why, why you took this back

Try to make you understand a great love is sacrifice

Now that I see the craziness that sets hard in your eyes

I just can’t believe 

I was such a damn fool 

I was so addicted

Oh, I feel so abused

But now man it’s time for me

To make up my mind

Only myself can denied

The needs of my body

I’d like to know 

I’d like to know

Why you hold me tight

Why you hold me tight

I’d like to know

I’d like to know

Why you took this back

Why, why you took this back

I hope someday you’ll get

That the worst thing to say is nothing at all

And all the silly games you play mean nothing at all

You know the sweetest love you make don’t mean nothing at all

Nothing ‘s right

When we could have been right

And we go cloud

When we could have been light

And look up, up up to the top

Up, up to the top

Up, up to the top

I’d like to know 

I’d like to know

Why you hold me tight

Why you hold me tight

I’d like to know

I’d like to know

Why you took this back

Why, why you took this back

Man,

You set my bed on fire

You made me believe you wanted to take me higher

And I didn’t ask you for anything,

No,

I’ve never asked you for anything

Until you came in, you came in, you came in, you came in

I’d like to know 

I’d like to know

Why you hold me tight

Why you hold me tight

I’d like to know

I’d like to know

Why you took this back

Why, why you took this back

Try to make you understand a great love is sacrifice

Now that I see the craziness that sets hard in your eyes

I just can’t believe 

I was such a damn fool 

I was so addicted

Oh, I feel so abused

But now man it’s time for me

To make up my mind

Only myself can denied

The needs of my body

I’d like to know 

I’d like to know

Why you hold me tight

Why you hold me tight

I’d like to know

I’d like to know

Why you took this back

Why, why you took this back

I hope someday you’ll get

That the worst thing to say is nothing at all

And all the silly games you play mean nothing at all

You know the sweetest love you make don’t mean nothing at all

Nothing ‘s right

When we could have been right

And we go cloud

When we could have been light

And look up, up up to the top

Up, up to the top

Up, up to the top

I’d like to know 

I’d like to know

Why you hold me tight

Why you hold me tight

I’d like to know

I’d like to know

Why you took this back

Why, why you took this back

Man,

You set my bed on fire

You made me believe you wanted to take me higher

And I didn’t ask you for anything,

No,

I’ve never asked you for anything

Until you came in, you came in, you came in, you came in

I’d like to know 

I’d like to know

Why you hold me tight

Why you hold me tight

I’d like to know

I’d like to know

Why you took this back

Why, why you took this back

Try to make you understand a great love is sacrifice

Now that I see the craziness that sets hard in your eyes

I just can’t believe 

I was such a damn fool 

I was so addicted

Oh, I feel so abused

But now man it’s time for me

To make up my mind

Only myself can denied

The needs of my body

I’d like to know 

I’d like to know

Why you hold me tight

Why you hold me tight

I’d like to know

I’d like to know

Why you took this back

Why, why you took this back

I hope someday you’ll get

That the worst thing to say is nothing at all

And all the silly games you play mean nothing at all

You know the sweetest love you make don’t mean nothing at all

Nothing ‘s right

When we could have been right

And we go cloud

When we could have been light

And look up, up up to the top

Up, up to the top

Up, up to the top

I’d like to know 

I’d like to know

Why you hold me tight

Why you hold me tight

I’d like to know

I’d like to know

Why you took this back

Why, why you took this back

Man,

You set my bed on fire

You made me believe you wanted to take me higher

And I didn’t ask you for anything,

No,

I’ve never asked you for anything

Until you came in, you came in, you came in, you came in

I’d like to know 

I’d like to know

Why you hold me tight

Why you hold me tight

I’d like to know

I’d like to know

Why you took this back

Why, why you took this back

Try to make you understand a great love is sacrifice

Now that I see the craziness that sets hard in your eyes

I just can’t believe 

I was such a damn fool 

I was so addicted

Oh, I feel so abused

But now man it’s time for me

To make up my mind

Only myself can denied

The needs of my body

I’d like to know 

I’d like to know

Why you hold me tight

Why you hold me tight

I’d like to know

I’d like to know

Why you took this back

Why, why you took this back

I hope someday you’ll get

That the worst thing to say is nothing at all

And all the silly games you play mean nothing at all

You know the sweetest love you make don’t mean nothing at all

Nothing ‘s right

When we could have been right

And we go cloud

When we could have been light

And look up, up up to the top

Up, up to the top

Up, up to the top

I’d like to know 

I’d like to know

Why you hold me tight

Why you hold me tight

I’d like to know

I’d like to know

Why you took this back

Why, why you took this back

Man,

You set my bed on fire

You made me believe you wanted to take me higher

And I didn’t ask you for anything,

No,

I’ve never asked you for anything

Until you came in, you came in, you came in, you came in

I’d like to know 

I’d like to know

Why you hold me tight

Why you hold me tight

I’d like to know

I’d like to know

Why you took this back

Why, why you took this back

I know what you did before

Futile things you should ignore

When you won’t care anymore

You’ll see there is so much, so much left to score

Cause everlasting onirism

Right in you head will lead the rhythm

You get around, you’re not a victim

You are free to drown

Cause everlasting onirism

Help you to sing and they will listen

You get around, you’re not a victim

You’re alive, alive, alive

Like a mask you’ve always wore

In the maze you should escape

With your gaze, watch and reshape

As an open open cosmos to explore

Cause everlasting onirism

Right in you head will lead the rhythm

You get around, you’re not a victim

You are free to drown

Cause everlasting onirism

Help you to sing and they will listen

You get around, you’re not a victim

You’re alive, alive, alive

I give you my soul you wanted to have 

Come on and take it on show me your world show me your way 

I wanna follow you into dark till the end of time
I’m gonna disappear if you’re not here if you’re not mine 

I melt away I loose my mind 
i'll kill my past to make you mine 

And now I’m standing on the dark side You’re gonna find me on the dark side You’re gonna save me on the dark side You’re gonna love me on the dark side 

Now give me your hand and take me away 
I’m gonna be the worse giving the life you wanted to have 

I melt away I loose my mind 
i'll kill my past to make you mine 

And now I’m standing on the dark side You’re gonna find me on the dark side You’re gonna save me on the dark side You’re gonna love me on the dark side

La main dans la main, traverser les boulevards

Les yeux dans les yeux comme un roman de gare
J’ai toujours sur moi, un pola de toi.

Marcher sous la pluie avec toi dans la nuit
C’est pas un problème, dis moi juste « je t’aime »
Les bijoux, les fleurs, je vois la vie en couleur.

Je me demande tous les jours, que ferais-je sans toi,
Et tu vois.
Il paraît bien que l’amour, oui ça ressemble à ça.

Quand viendra le jour où tu ne seras plus là
Tu sais mon amour j’aurai toujours sur moi.
Tu sais devines quoi? Un pola de toi.

Je me demande tous les jours, que ferais-je sans toi,
Et tu vois.
Il paraît bien que l’amour, oui ça ressemble a ça.

Je me demande tous les jours, que ferais-je sans toi,
Et tu vois.
Il paraît bien que l’amour, oui ça ressemble à ça.



English translation : 

ROMANTIC NOVEL

Hand in hand, crossing the boulevards
Eye to eye, like in a romantic novel
I always have on me, a polaroid of you.

Walking in the rain with you in the night
It's not a problem, just tell me “I love you”
The jewels, the flowers, I see life in color.

I wonder every day, what would I do without you
And you see,
It seems love is really like that.

When the day comes when you will no longer be here
You know, my love, I will always have on me
You know, guess what, a polaroid of you.

I wonder every day, what would I do without you
And you see,
It seems love is really like that.

I wonder every day, what would I do without you
And you see,
It seems love is really like that.

La main dans la main, traverser les boulevards

Les yeux dans les yeux comme un roman de gare
J’ai toujours sur moi, un pola de toi.

Marcher sous la pluie avec toi dans la nuit
C’est pas un problème, dis moi juste « je t’aime »
Les bijoux, les fleurs, je vois la vie en couleur.

Je me demande tous les jours, que ferais-je sans toi,
Et tu vois.
Il paraît bien que l’amour, oui ça ressemble à ça.

Quand viendra le jour où tu ne seras plus là
Tu sais mon amour j’aurai toujours sur moi.
Tu sais devines quoi? Un pola de toi.

Je me demande tous les jours, que ferais-je sans toi,
Et tu vois.
Il paraît bien que l’amour, oui ça ressemble a ça.

Je me demande tous les jours, que ferais-je sans toi,
Et tu vois.
Il paraît bien que l’amour, oui ça ressemble à ça.



English translation : 

ROMANTIC NOVEL

Hand in hand, crossing the boulevards
Eye to eye, like in a romantic novel
I always have on me, a polaroid of you.

Walking in the rain with you in the night
It's not a problem, just tell me “I love you”
The jewels, the flowers, I see life in color.

I wonder every day, what would I do without you
And you see,
It seems love is really like that.

When the day comes when you will no longer be here
You know, my love, I will always have on me
You know, guess what, a polaroid of you.

I wonder every day, what would I do without you
And you see,
It seems love is really like that.

I wonder every day, what would I do without you
And you see,
It seems love is really like that.

La main dans la main, traverser les boulevards

Les yeux dans les yeux comme un roman de gare
J’ai toujours sur moi, un pola de toi.

Marcher sous la pluie avec toi dans la nuit
C’est pas un problème, dis moi juste « je t’aime »
Les bijoux, les fleurs, je vois la vie en couleur.

Je me demande tous les jours, que ferais-je sans toi,
Et tu vois.
Il paraît bien que l’amour, oui ça ressemble à ça.

Quand viendra le jour où tu ne seras plus là
Tu sais mon amour j’aurai toujours sur moi.
Tu sais devines quoi? Un pola de toi.

Je me demande tous les jours, que ferais-je sans toi,
Et tu vois.
Il paraît bien que l’amour, oui ça ressemble a ça.

Je me demande tous les jours, que ferais-je sans toi,
Et tu vois.
Il paraît bien que l’amour, oui ça ressemble à ça.



English translation : 

ROMANTIC NOVEL

Hand in hand, crossing the boulevards
Eye to eye, like in a romantic novel
I always have on me, a polaroid of you.

Walking in the rain with you in the night
It's not a problem, just tell me “I love you”
The jewels, the flowers, I see life in color.

I wonder every day, what would I do without you
And you see,
It seems love is really like that.

When the day comes when you will no longer be here
You know, my love, I will always have on me
You know, guess what, a polaroid of you.

I wonder every day, what would I do without you
And you see,
It seems love is really like that.

I wonder every day, what would I do without you
And you see,
It seems love is really like that.

Je sais que tu l’aimes quand tu l’emmènes danser
Sur la piste c’est la reine, belle à en crever
Je sais que tu l’aimes quand elle te fait marcher
Mais elle reste quand même belle à en crever, belle à en crever, belle à en crever

Elle est pour toi, tu es à elle
Elle est pour toi elle est si belle
Elle est pour toi, elle est … belle à en crever

Je sais que tu l’aimes quand tu la fais tourner
Quand les pas s’enchainent, belle à en crever
Je sais que tu l’aimes, elle te fait vibrer
Elle sera ta reine, belle à en crever, belle à en crever, belle à en crever

Elle est pour toi, tu es à elle
Elle est pour toi elle est si belle
Elle est pour toi, elle est … belle à en crever
Belle, belle, belle
Belle à en crever

English translation : 

BEAUTIFUL TO DIE FOR

I know you love her, when you take her dancing
On the dance floor, she’ s the queen, beautiful to die for
I know you love her when she takes you for a ride
But she is still beautiful to die for, beautiful to die for

She's for you, you're for her
she is for you, she is so beautiful 
she is for you, she is ... beautiful to die for

I know you love her when you spin her around
One step after another , beautiful to die for
I know you love her, she turns you on
She will be your queen, beautiful to die for, beautiful to die for

She's for you, you're for her
she is for you, she is so beautiful 
she is for you, she is ... beautiful to die for

J’ai grandi seule, loin de toi, sans père sans reproche

J’ai poussé droit, sans tuteur, ignorant mes racines
J’ai plié sans céder, le cœur pris dans la roche
Plantée comme cette épée attendant un signe

Je voudrais te dire que je t’aime
J’aurais dû crier ton absence
J’aurais pu verser dans la haine
ou l’indifférence.
Quand ma mère gardait le silence
Sur ton nom, ton existence même
Elle protégeait mon innocence
Cette promesse lointaine

Elle n’a gardé qu’une photo comme preuve du passé
Qu’elle n’a jamais exhumé comme tu l’avais souhaité
Je sais maintenant d’où je viens, où te retrouver

Je voudrais te dire que je t’aime
J’aurais dû crier ton absence
J’aurais pu verser dans la haine
ou indifference.
Je ne comprenais pas sa gène
Pourquoi elle gardait le silence
Sur ton nom et ton requiem
Pourquoi cette distance
Je voudrais te dire que je t’aime
J’aurais dû crier ton absence
J’aurais pu verser dans la haine
ou indifference.
Je ne comprenais pas sa gène
Pourquoi elle gardait le silence
Sur ton nom et ton requiem
Pourquoi cette distance
Je partirai comme toi dans cette caravane folle
Contempler avec toi ces trésors espagnols…

English translation : 

I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT I LOVE YOU


I grew up alone, far from you, without a father, without reproach
I grew up straight, without a guardian, ignorant of my roots
I accepted without giving in, my heart caught in the rock
Planted like this sword waiting for a sign

I would like to tell you that I love you
I should have yelled your absence
I could have slipped into hatred
or indifference.
When my mother kept quiet 
About your name, your very existence
She was protecting my innocence
This distant promise

She only kept a photo as proof of the past
That she never exhumed as you wanted
I now know where I come from, where to find you

I would like to tell you that I love you
I should have yelled your absence
I could have slipped into hatred
or indifference.
I could not understand her problem
Why she kept quiet
About your name and your requiem
Why this distance

I would like to tell you that I love you
I should have yelled your absence
I could have slipped into hatred
or indifference 
I could not understand her problem
Why she kept quiet
About your name and your requiem
Why this distance

I'll go away like you on this crazy caravan
Contemplate with you these Spanish treasures ...