On n'a pas trouvé la mer

This year for the big vacation
We bought a boat
That we tied up without suspicion
On the roof of the two-horse car
That day the wind was so strong
We went through a whole drugstore
To rush into the ambulance
Which was already full to the brim
Arriving in La Ciotat
We asked where the sea was
A Belgian said I don't understand
It was there last year

We didn't find the sea
We didn't find the sea
We didn't find the sea
But we don't care
We laughed like crazy
We were camping in the mimosa trees
When the bouillabaisse exploded
On a shell marked Stuttgart
Which we had taken care of
We asked a cop by the sea
And he said what's the point
It was supposedly behind
The big electoral billboards
The French fry vendor said it's crazy
It must have suddenly receded
Five minutes ago it was there
And I saw it just like I see you

And yet the beach was teeming
With bronzed girls with their boobs out
But of course without the sea
We didn't dare to undress
I politely ask a guy
Sir, do you think you'll swim soon
He tells me as soon as I'm dry
And when you've cleared off
Finally we found out the real deal
They had closed it for renovations
Because it was so disgusting
From Perpignan to Monaco

We didn't find the sea
We didn't find the sea
We didn't find the sea
But we don't care
We laughed like crazy