La belle Debbie [English translation]

Beautiful Debbie, on her feet in a flash

At first snubbed me

Then she felt it appropriate

For me call her ‘Madam’ like some Diva 1

I undid her beautiful buttons

I put on an old ABBA CD

So, well she pulled herself together

And thank the lord softened up

She wanted two fingers of bourbon

“Thanks, it never ends well when I drink”

I started acting the gibbon

She was writhing like a boa

I recited her my piece

Soft as a bear cub come to do that

May I brush your candy skin

As if it were a conga drum?

And I must say to be completely honest

The mirrors where she’s reflected

These giggles she‘s prone to

And her pretty waving hands

Oh I must say…

I recited Rimbaud to her

She said “Can one sink any lower”

She lined her eyes with charcoal

To offer me a Cuban cigar 2

The liquor, we’d drunk it all

When there was no tobacco left

She admitted to me, what a relief

Do you want to see each other again?

And I must add to be completely honest

The mirrors where she was reflected

These giggles she‘s prone to

And her pretty waving hands

And I must add to be completely honest

Those risqué moments when she left me

Those secrets that she confided in me

Those curves where I’d sunk my anchor

Those shouts…

When her husband came in

1. In fact, she feels that he should address her formally, using 'vous' 2. Is this a euphemism? Could be...

• Artist:Francis Cabrel
• Album:Hors Saison