Je rêve de voir l'été [English translation]

A nurse parades her heavy breasts over the white sheets

Of my bed like two hot air balloons floating

Over hazy memories, feverish memories

Memories of times when I was really alive

I dream of seeing the summer (x2)

A bouquet of dazed peonies in a vase

Watches me wither away in a thousand tumours

The corridor groans with those closer to death than me

And at the end, Jesus drying out on a cross

I dream of seeing the summer (x2)

You’ll come to kiss me one last time

I’ll feel cowardly for leaving ahead of you

We will remember our fights and our laughter

Showing off, I’ll tell you that - dying...there are worse things

I dream of a refreshing aperitif under the summer sun 1

And of the bar Chez Jeanine on the Vernet town square

I dream of a tongue to suck like an ice-cream

In a nightspot, Making love until dizzy 2

I dream of seeing the summer (x2)

I’m going to leave this hotel of ghosts soon

Where you hear coughing and howling to death

To the rising moon, my arms are much too short

My eyelids close, it’s like after making love

I dream of seeing the summer

1. Ricard - classic French aperitif, served long with cold water in a tall glass. the 'blanc' is without any added colourings 2. until 'stoned' from it.

• Artist:Cali
• Album:Vernet les Bains