Le chanteur [English translation]

Let me introduce myself, my name is Henri

I want to succeed in life, to be liked

To be handsome and to get rich

And of course to be intelligent

But to get all that I'd have to slog away full-time

I'm a singer, I sing for my friends

I want to write hits and for things to go well, go well

I want to write a trendy song

A cheerful, chic, and lively tune

That makes people dance at Monsieur Durand's soirées

And all throughout the street

I want people to talk about me

For girls to be naked

And throw themselves upon me

For them to admire me, to kill me

For them to tear apart my virtue

For my old schoolmates

To see me as an idol

I want that every night

Breathless in their beds

They cheat on their spouses

In their wretched dreams

Afterwards, I'll attend galas

My public will prostrate themselves before me

Concerts with 100000 people

Where even Parisian high society is astonished

And stand to continue the show

And all throughout the street

I want people to talk about me

For girls to be naked

And throw themselves upon me

For them to admire me, to kill me

For them to tear apart my virtue

And then when I've had enough

Of being their idol

I'll get back on stage

Like in the golden years

I'll cry my eyes out

I'll say my farewells

And then the next year

I'll start everything again

And then the next year

I'll start everything again

I'll prostitute myself

For posterity

Teenagers will

Say I'm a queer

That my eyes stink of alcohol

That I'd better stop

They'll burn my glory

Tarnish my past

So then I'll be old

And I can kick the bucket

I'll search for a God

To pardon all I've done

I want to die unhappy

To not regret anything

I want to die unhappy

• Artist:Daniel Balavoine
• Album:Le chanteur (1978)