Je Me Suis Fait Tout Petit Lyrics in English Georges Brassens

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I'd never taken off my hat

Before nobody

Now I crawl and act all cute

When she rings

I was a mean dog, she makes me eat

Out of her little hand

I had wolf fangs, I traded them

For baby teeth

I've made myself tiny before a doll

Who shuts her eyes when you lay her down

I've made myself tiny before a doll

Who says Mama when you touch her

I was hard to crack, she converted me

The clever minx

And I fell all warm, all roasted

Against her mouth

With baby teeth when she smiles

When she sings

And wolf fangs when she rages

How nasty she is

I've made myself tiny before a doll

Who shuts her eyes when you lay her down

I've made myself tiny before a doll

Who says Mama when you touch her

I obey her law, I slink along meekly

Under her rule

Though she's jealous beyond all

And even worse

A pretty periwinkle who'd seemed to me

Prettier than her

One pretty periwinkle one day died of it

Struck with an umbrella

I've made myself tiny before a doll

Who shuts her eyes when you lay her down

I've made myself tiny before a doll

Who says Mama when you touch her

Every sleepwalker, every seer has

Told me without malice

That in her arms spread like a cross I'd endure my

Final torment

There are worse ones, there are better ones

But all things considered

Whether you hang here or hang elsewhere

If you gotta hang yourself

I've made myself tiny before a doll

Who shuts her eyes when you lay her down

I've made myself tiny before a doll

Who says Mama when you touch her

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Je Me Suis Fait Tout Petit paints a playful yet poignant picture of a swaggering tough-guy who melts into a meek little puppy the moment he falls in love. Georges Brassens compares himself to a loyal dog and his sweetheart to a wind-up doll: she can shut her eyes when laid down, say “Mama” when touched, and switch from baby-sweet to wolf-fierce in a heartbeat. Through witty metaphors—trading wolf fangs for baby teeth, obeying her every summons—Brassens shows how even the proudest rebel can be disarmed by affection.

Underneath the humor lies a deeper commentary on the exhilarating, sometimes frightening power of desire. The singer cheerfully accepts his “captivity,” admitting that jealous rages, ominous prophecies, and even a “last torment” in her arms are a price well worth paying. In short, it is a charming confession that love can shrink the mighty, rule the unruly, and still be irresistible—a lesson delivered with Brassens’s trademark mix of cheeky wordplay and heartfelt sincerity.

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Georges Brassens Je Me Suis Fait Tout Petit Lyrics