Le marché aux puces Lyrics in English Joe Dassin
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Le marché aux puces by Joe Dassin from French to English.
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Je l'ai croisée un jour près du marché aux puces
I met her one day near the flea market
Où je faisais un saut, histoire de me fringuer
Where I was taking a leap, just to get out of my way
Un gramophone jouait de fausses chansons russes
A gramophone played fake Russian songs
Sur un rouleau grinçant comme un portail rouillé
On a squeaky roller like a rusty portal
Elle n'avait l'air de rien, elle n'était pas grand-chose
She didn't look like anything, she wasn't much
Et pourtant sans savoir pourquoi je l'ai suivie
And yet without knowing why I followed her
Tu hésites un moment, tu n'oses pas puis tu oses
You hesitate for a moment, you don't dare and then you dare
Un moment de culot va bouleverser ta vie
A moment of nerve will turn your life upside down
Porte de clignancourt, un café sous la flotte
Flash gate, a café under the fleet
Elle s'était acheté du tabac à rouler
She had bought rolling tobacco
J'n'ai su que plus tard que c'était sa marotte
I didn't know until later that it was his groundhog
On se défoule comme on peut se défouler
We let off steam as we can let off steam
Elle n'avait l'air de rien, elle n'était pas grand-chose
She didn't look like anything, she wasn't much
Voulez-vous prendre un verre? un pastis? deux alors?
Would you like a drink? a pastis? two then?
Souvent les grands méfaits ont de petites causes
Often big misdeeds have small causes
On a pris l'apéro, le repas dure encore, et encore, et encore
We had an aperitif, the meal lasts over and over, and again
Depuis, de temps en temps on reprend l'autobus
Since then, from time to time we take the bus
Le cent-soixante-six, direction clignancourt
The hundred and sixty-six, direction blinkercourt
Et on va faire un tour dans ce marché aux puces
And we're going to take a ride in this flea market
Où j'm'en veux tellement d'être allé faire un tour
Where I'm so mad at myself for going for a walk
Elle n'a plus l'air de rien, moi je n'suis pas grand-chose
It doesn't look like anything anymore, I'm not much
L'habitude nous sert de ciment quotidien
Habit serves as our daily cement
Notre lit n'est qu'un lieu où nos corps se reposent
Our bed is just a place where our bodies rest
On est presque content de partir le matin
We're almost happy to leave in the morning
Notre lit n'est qu'un lieu où nos corps se reposent
Our bed is just a place where our bodies rest
On est presque content de partir le matin
We're almost happy to leave in the morning
Et nos vies se sont faites à leur métamorphose
And our lives have come to their metamorphosis
Elles n'étaient pas grand-chose, elles n'ont plus l'air de rien
They weren't much, they don't look like anything anymore
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TONY JOE WHITE
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