Le chanteur [English translation]
Le chanteur [English translation]
Let me introduce myself, my name is Henri,
I'm hoping for a successful life, to be loved
To be handsome, to make money,
And above all to be smart,
But to get all that, I would have to work full-time
I'm a singer, I sing for my friends
I want to make hit songs, I want them to do well, to do well
I want to write a trendy song,
A merry, chic, and catchy tune
To make people dance at the average Joe's parties
And everywhere on the street
I want to be talked about
I want girls to be naked
And to throw themselves at me
May they admire me, may they kill me
May they fight for my virtue
For my former school classmates
Become an idol
I want them every night
As they get out of breath
To cheat on their husbands
In their forsaken dreams
After that, I will do galas,
My audience will bow before me
Concerts of a hundred thousand people
Where even the high Paris society is amazed,
And stands up to support the show
And everywhere on every street
I want to be talked about
I want girls to be naked
And to throw themselves at me
May they admire me, may they kill me
May they fight for my virtue
And then when I'm fed up
Of being their idol
I will get back on stage
Like in the twenties
I'll make my eyes cry
I'll say my goodbyes
And then the year after that
I will do it again
And the year after that
I will do it again
I will prostitute myself
All for posterity
The younger girls from my school
Will say I'm a faggot
That my eyes reek of alcohol
That I should stop
They will burn my halo
Tarnish my past
And by then I will be old
So I'll kick the bucket
I'll look for a God
To forgive me everything
I want to die unhappy
So that I don't regret anything
I want to die unhappy
- Artist:Daniel Balavoine
- Album:Le chanteur (1978)