Le Chanteur

I introduce myself, my name is Henry
I'd like to succeed in my life, be loved
Be handsome, make money
And above all, be smart
But for all that, I'd have to work full time

I'm a singer, I sing for my buddies
I want to make hits and have them play well, play well
I want to write a trendy song
A cheerful, chic and catchy tune
To make people dance at Mr. Durand's parties

And everywhere in the street
I want people to talk about me
For the girls to be naked
To throw themselves at me
To admire me, to kill me
To snatch my virtue

For the school crushes
To become an idol
I want every night
Breathless in their beds
To cheat on their husbands
In their cursed dreams

Then I'll do galas
My audience will bow down before me
Concerts with a hundred thousand people
Where even all of Paris is amazed
And rises to continue the fight

And everywhere in the street
I want people to talk about me
For the girls to be naked
To throw themselves at me
To admire me, to kill me
To snatch my virtue

Then when I've had enough
Of being their idol
I'll go back on stage
Like in the roaring twenties
I'll make my eyes cry
I'll bid farewell

And then the following year
I'll start over
And then the following year
I'll start over
I'll sell myself
For posterity

The school gossip
Will say I'm a f*g
That my eyes reek of alcohol
That I better stop
They'll burn my halo
Tarnish my past

So I'll be old
And I can die
I'll look for a God
To forgive me everything
I want to die unhappy
To have no regrets
I want to die unhappy