Nous Deux

They left without warning
With their kids and guitars
Our gypsy brothers from Saint-Ouen
They flew away in a hurry
And without return, the swallows
Paris didn't need them anymore

Waves of concrete and stupidity
Need drugstores and strip-tease
Buildings and undergrounds
And Boulogne and Vincennes
And the flowered banks of the Seine
Soon, there will be nothing left

But on that day, my turtledove
My daughter, my beautiful one
My beloved sister, my mother
Despite the planks and then the earth
We'll cuddle up as we know how
Us two!
Despite the earth and then the planks
We'll embrace, like on Sundays
When we don't go to the cinema
Us two!
And then, we'll meet again in dreams
Fascinated like Adam and Eve
And proud to have found that
Us two!

You see, it's written on the front page
We're already arguing over the Moon
Children of tomorrow, innocent ones!
A general on the planets
Will follow you from afar, through the telescope
And say: It's red with blood!
Juggling so much with the bomb
One day, it will have to fall
It's its purpose and it's our fate
The day will have to come
Farewell Paris and farewell Vienna
Farewell Rome and Monte-Carlo!

But on that day, my turtledove
My daughter, my beautiful one
My beloved sister, my mother
Whether everything freezes or everything burns
It doesn't matter, as long as we're together
Us two!
Whether everything burns or everything freezes
We'll already have our place
In the legend of lovers
Us two!
So, when the planet explodes
If the trumpets ever sound
We won't care a bit
Us two!

People will call me an artist
Heartless, and if it makes me sad
I won't be surprised
Because this pitiful and tender heart
That only you knew how to take
I gave it to you a long time ago
Just like today, I give you
This end-of-autumn song
That wanted to be a love song
I'm neither a saint nor an apostle
And to still think of others
I have too few days left

Meanwhile, my turtledove
My daughter, my beautiful one
My beloved sister, my mother
Since our souls wander
Let's travel around the world
Us two!
Since our souls wander
Let's embrace close to the blades
Of the ocean of bad days
Us two!
And then, to our faithful loves
In the heart of eternal snows
Let's get lost forever
Us two!