Timoléon [English translation]

Born of a magnificent mother who posed for Picasso

And a photogenic father like Rudolph Valentino

Above his cradle we'd see passing the fairies

He had all, really all, to be a beautiful baby.

Timoleon, despite some details was a beautiful boy

Two heads, six arms, one eye and four legs

But it isn't important, pardon ?

We'll tell you that at school, he was always the first

When we ask him a question, he answer everytime

It's true that he had two heads, one say "yes", the other "no"

as they shaking toghether, he was always right !

Timoleon, despite some details was a beautiful boy

Two heads, six arms, one eye and four legs

But it isn't important, pardon ?

He was a great pianist, more dexterious than Chopin

Alone he turn the page while playing with five hands

In the Army, same thing, he became a sniper

Cause he had just one eye, he was the faster to aim

Timoleon, despite some details was a beautiful boy

Two heads, six arms, one eye and four legs

But it isn't important, pardon ?

He won in the Hendaye games the 4x110 yards hurdles

And won two medals, that a lot for a Frenchman !

As he had four legs, and nothing forbids that

He finished first and second, we'd never saw that !

Timoleon, despite some details was a beautiful boy

Two heads, six arms, one eye and four legs

But it isn't important, pardon ?

Older than Methuselah, one day he quitted life

And it was without any problem that he go to Paradise

When Saint Peter open the door, the first thing he saw

It's that God and angels were all made like him !

Timoleon, despite some details was a beautiful boy

Two heads, six arms, one eye and four legs

But it isn't important, pardon ?

• Artist:Claude François