La Bossa [English translation]

As carbon has for oxygen

As the carp has for a hook

I have a connection with the Latin-American

I have an affinity for "Desafinado"

I don't have any of it in my blood, in my genes

But that's just when I let myself go

Too bad for the Latin-American purists

And too bad if it's not my town, not my land

It sends you flying high with the crows

Bossa

It carries me to South America without an ocean liner

Bossa

It makes you cross the seas far from the Mirabeau bridge

Bossa

It makes it like you're in the air, kicking off your boots

That's beautiful, that's beautiful, that's beautiful,

But go piano, go piano, go piano, go

That's beautiful, that's beautiful, that's beautiful,

Go on, piano, go piano, go piano, go

It's me who's burning and it's she who lights me up

Poor singer, a bit of a mutt,

His heart is in cinders, his soul consumes itself,

He has an affinity for "Desafinado"

Bye bye, town, bye bye wood of Vincennes

Bye bye Sylvie, bye Melinda

I'm going back to be with the Latin-American

I'm going to see the land of the "Samba de uma nota"

It sends you flying high with the crows

Bossa

It carries me to South America without an ocean liner

Bossa

It makes you cross the seas far from the Mirabeau bridge

Bossa

It makes it like you're in the air, kicking off your boots

That's beautiful, that's beautiful, that's beautiful,

But go piano, go piano, go piano, go

That's beautiful, that's beautiful, that's beautiful,

Play, but go piano, go piano, go piano, go

But that's beautiful, that's beautiful, that's beautiful,

Go piano, go piano, go piano, go

That's beautiful, that's beautiful, that's beautiful,

Go piano, go piano, go piano, go

• Artist:Michel Jonasz
• Album:Unis vers l'uni (1985)