Comme disait Valentine [English translation]

As Valentine used to say

Who didn't invent anything

What's the point of aspirin

When you have good health

What's the point of being a clown

On the Mirabeau bridge

What's the point of being brave

When you don't have the body for

It's too much it's too much

It's good to limit ourselves to

To the weather

To the water that we drink

We didn't choose

We are what we are

We have what we have

If you're a boatman in Timbuktu

You don't have good taste

You don't have a future

If you're a furrier in Zaire

You don't have any hope

If you're a fakir (wizard) in Clamart

As Valentine used to say

Who isn't afraid of speaking

What's the point of marine

When you know how to ride a bike

What's the point of Guadeloupe

When you're in Sudan

What's the point of being in a group

When you have toothache

We're losing time

We cannot

Live and die

We have to make a choice

It's for the best

Or for the Empire

Like the king used to say

It's bad to scoff at the Parisians

It's not their fault

It's your dad's fault

If you're from Quimper

It's better to be born in Moscow

Than not being born at all

As Valentine used to say

Who's not a genius

What's the point of Lamartine

Without the influence of his alter-Hugo

Like Charlemagne has said

To his good Saint Eligius

What's the point of women

When you're Henry III

It's not the joy

We need to put the cities in the countryside

Castles in Spain

Everybody wants some changing

Everybody will be happy

Everybody wants something new

Everybody will say "Congrats!"

As Valentine used to say

Who didn't invent anything

What's the point of aspirin

When you have good health

What's the point of being a clown

On the Mirabeau bridge

What's the point of being brave

When you don't have the body for

It's too much it's too much

• Artist:Joe Dassin