Les Gauloises Bleues [English translation]

We would smoke some blue Gauloises

la la la such nice days

We would smoke some blue Gauloises

that we often cut in halves

la la la such nice days

The little ladies of Paris

would go up to our balconies

to see if the flowers of evil

still grew in that season

In a café named Bas de Laine

I could often see Verlaine

la la la such nice days

And Rimbaud, voyageing over all seasons and springs

Would tell us from the top of his clouds whence came the wind

Oh, such nice days

Oh, such nice days.

Dylan was tilling his land

in some place, there, in England

la la la such nice days

Jefferson Airplane took over the presidency

coz the former kings of the world had just forbidden to dance..

Music-hall shows ? oh, no more

there, on rock'n'roll Boulevard.

Time has gone by and all the amps have been tripped

Bruno now plays the accordion in the streets of Clichy.

Oh, such nice days

Oh, such nice days.

Boris was inventing jazz

Each night in the ball of Laze

la la la such nice days

His small trumpet set fire to lampoons,

Duke Ellington arrived sharp on time for the revolution..

We would smoke some blue Gauloises

that we often cut in halves

la la la such nice days

The little ladies of Paris

would go up to our balconies

to see if the flowers of evil

still grew in that season

• Artist:Yves Simon
• Album:Au pays des merveilles de Juliet (1973)