Ballade de Johnny Jane

Hey Johnny Jane
Do you remember Gainsbourg's film I Love You?
I love you, I love you not, a nice theme
Hey Johnny Jane
You who drag your sneakers and your candid eyes
In no man's lands and sordid places
Hey Johnny Jane
Public dumps are Atlantis
Over which the cantharid flies fly
Oh Johnny Jane
All dump trucks
Many infanticidal punishments come to be poured there

Hey Johnny Jane
You walk around with your short hair and your pale complexion
Looking for your suicide love
Hey Johnny Jane
Do you want to cut the carotid artery of memory?
Kicking empty cans
Oh Johnny Jane
The beautiful dump truck
Will transport you from happiness to happiness under the clear skies

Hey Johnny Jane
Don't act like a child, don't be so stupid
Face things, be clear-headed
Hey Johnny Jane
Erase all that, start again, liquid
From your memory those brief torrid moments
Oh Johnny Jane
Another dump truck
Will come and pick you up to take you to other Floridas

Hey Johnny Jane
You who drag your sneakers and your candid eyes
In no man's lands and sordid places
Hey Johnny Jane
Crush your wet eye with a raging fist
Time eats away at love like acid