Amoureux de Paname [English translation]

Listen to me, fuddy-duddies,

You, week-end environmentalists,

This song is not worth a penny

Yet, I'll be singing it for you.

You, who always want nice yews

Nice lawns, nice swards and little sheep

Plenty of vine -leaves and flowers

You got to reset your meters:

Coz, I am a lover of Paname

Of concrete and of macadam.

Under the cobblestones, yeah, there's a beach

But tarmac is my true lanscape,

Yeah, tarmac is my true landscape.

Listen to me, fuddy-duddies,

Boulevard environmentalists;

I'm fed up with your baloney

There' s sunshine down there in gutters

The Montparnasse tower is great

And I love the Eiffel Tower

There's plenty of love in backstreets

And poetry in skyscrapers.

Coz, I'm a lover of Paname,

of concrete and of macadam

Unders the cobblestones, yeah, there's a beach

But tarmac is my true lanscape

Yeah, tarmac is my true landscape.

Listen to me, fuddy-duddies,

You, big evening-party greenies,

Pollution is not in the fields

But there, on your pallid faces.

Coz I still love my urinals

And I stlll love street-dustbin smells.

For perfume, I don't use oxygen,

And CO2 is my hygiene.

Coz, I am a lover of Paname

Of concrete and of macadam.

Under the cobblestones, yeah, there's a beach

But tarmac is my true lanscape,

Yeah, tarmac is my true landscape.

• Artist:Renaud
• Album:Amoureux de Paname