The Little Thing

PATRICK:
To help us shed our complexes, hey, hey,
They give us classes on sex, hey, hey.
We learn the secret life
Of the worries of the critter
Or those who think it's cool
To show off their little tool.
A really nice teacher
Explains all the mechanics to us.

MIREILLE:
Everything, everything, everything,
You’ll know everything about the little thing,
The real, the fake,
The ugly, the pretty,
The hard, the soft
With a long neck,
The big bushy one,
The little chubby one,
The big wrinkled one,
The Mount Pelé.
Everything, everything, everything, everything,
I’ll tell you everything about the little thing.

There are little things of every color, hey, hey,
From bakers to chimney sweeps, hey, hey,
I’ve seen some impulsive ones
Climbing up the cliffs.
I’ve seen less greedy ones
Fall into their shoes,
That of a mechanic in distress
Who could never find his parts.
There’s the clean little thing of the laundry guy, hey, hey,
The one who starches my sister’s hand, hey, hey,
I’ve seen the little thing of a priest
With his little purple hat
Who, just in full ascent,
Does some genuflection,
A rise of little things at dusk
And that of the pope who blows bubbles.

Everything, everything, everything,
You’ll know everything about the little thing,
The real, the fake,
The ugly, the pretty,
The hard, the soft
With a long neck,
The big bushy one,
The little chubby one,
The big wrinkled one,
The Mount Pelé.
Everything, everything, everything, everything,
I’ll tell you everything about the little thing.

The muscular little thing of the trucker, hey, hey,
Is recognized by his big turtleneck, hey, hey,
I’ve seen the crazy little thing
Of a traveling trapeze artist
Who taught the fixed bar to his little kids,
The climber and his beautiful ice pick
Magnificent above the great Jorasses.
I’ve seen the big little thing of a little beadle, hey, hey,
Who rings the Angelus with his hands behind his back, hey, hey,
That of a Breton sailor
Who lost his pom-poms
And that of a wealthy Jew
Who measured the fabric,
That of an ambulance nurse
Who blinked in emergencies.

Everything, everything, everything,
You’ll know everything about the little thing,
The real, the fake,
The ugly, the pretty,
The hard, the soft
With a long neck,
The big bushy one,
The little chubby one,
The big wrinkled one,
The Mount Pelé.
Everything, everything, everything, everything,
I’ll tell you everything about the little thing.

I’ve seen the little thing of the aristocrats, hey, hey,
Who’s always on the brink of embargo, hey, hey,
I’ve rolled some pastry
With that of my husband.
With that of a Chinese guy,
I even cracked some nuts.
With a little thing of uncertain morals,
I even made some sweetbreads the old-fashioned way.

Everything, everything, everything,
You’ll know everything about the little thing,
The real, the fake,
The ugly, the pretty,
The hard, the soft
With a long neck,
The big bushy one,
The little chubby one,
The big wrinkled one,
The Mount Pelé.
Everything, everything, everything, everything,
I’ll tell you everything about the little thing.

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