AUTUMN LEAVES (pop crooner mix)

Hey Baby I've been losin my mind
Don't you know you're gonna break me mind, me mind
Hey Baby, please press on rewind
There's no reason to bring me down, me down

(silence) Spring like a shadow
spring, as the autumn, leaves as the summer starts

Hey baby i'm no rockn'roll star
don't you see i'm afraid of cars, of cars
hey baby, join me at the bar
and then tell me who you are, you are
 

ROCK AND ROLL COUPLE

Oh I know you're not sleeping,
I know cos' you're breathing
too, too fast.
Oh will you say something,
or keep on pretending
being far.

We are no rock'n roll couple,
we know each other too bad or too good,
it's too late, it's too loose.

Now I'm wishing for a fight
that would last the whole night
and end under the sheets.
Oh we should have spoken more,
we should have screwed more.
Is it too late ?

We are no rock'n roll couple,
we know each other too bad or too good,
it's too late, it's too loose.
 

TEN YEARS TO BE FRANK

I don't care if you're blue or white
If you're left wing or girl band star
Were you with Baader in the 70's
or with Mac Gowan in NY city

cos' I know, I know
cos' I'm sure, yes I'm so sure
cos' I don't want to be disappointed now
and it's too, too soon to face the truth
On this night
On this night
On this night I want lies

I don't care if you come from Mars
or from a small town in the suburbs of Bath
Were you young Kylie singing with Nick Cave
An IDHEC student keen on New Wave ?

cos' I know, I know
cos' I'm sure, yes I'm so sure
cos' I don't want to be disappointed now
and it's too, too soon to face the truth
On this night
On this night
On this night I want lies

I don't care if you've got crap records
some teenage hymns played on two chords,
were you a crusty deep in Nirvana
or a dancing queen in Capella.

cos' I know, I know
cos' I'm sure, yes I'm so sure
cos' I don't want to be disappointed now
and it's too, too soon to face the truth
On this night
On this night
On this night I want lies
 

UNE ANNEE IMPARFAITE

Quand aurons nous jamais hiver aussi glacial,
saison si propice aux liaisons estivales.
Quand aurons nous jamais printemps aussi banal,
saison si futile aussi peu maritale.
Et quand viendra l'été, que nous glisserons sous les voiles,
me diras-tu enfin où tu as mal ?

Où tu as MAL !

Et quand viendra l'automne, à peine plus sereins,
juste un peu fébriles, bien qu'un peu éteints,
nous regarderons monter l'hiver,
tomber la pluie, noircir la mer.
Et nous célébrerons dans un jour de fête,
la belle mort de cette année imparfaite !

Cette année imparfaite.

Nous regarderons monter l'hiver,
tomber la pluie, noircir la mer.
 

HOUSE SWAPPING, MOUSE TRAPPING

Do you remember it kind of went like this :
It kind of went like this, It kind of went like that
It kind of went like this, It kind of went like that.

There was this town, I used to like
I used to live here,
I used to get on well ... with some locals.

Do you remember it kind of went like this :
It kind of went like this, It kind of went like that
It kind of went like this, It kind of went like that.

And now i've got to find a place
where I could build something,
where I could find a rest, a final rest.

Do you remember it kind of went like this :
It kind of went like this, It kind of went like that
It kind of went like this, It kind of went like that.

Pa dam, pa dam,
pa dam, pa dam
pa dam, pa dam, pa dam
pa dam, pa dam
 

THE SONG YOU SHOULD HAVE SUNG WHEN YOU WERE FAMOUS

Sitting in this old café
Where you have come to sing
Some of your greatest hits
You start a brand new song
That sounds so huge
That sounds so grand
REFRAIN
This is the song
You should have sung when you were famous
Cos' you had the crowd
and you had the style that it requires
You should go head on, you should go head on
and on and on and on and on...
FIN DU REFRAIN
Now your fans are all gone
And you've found the time
To talk with us (gee!)
You say that things are unfair
That you've got more talent
Than any of those bands but...
REFRAIN
Even though I find it sad
That very few people will
Get to know this song I
Do think you got what you deserve
Cos' a single song is fighting
Ten crap LPs
REFRAIN
 

SO NICE

those narrow streets, I feel so insecure
so nice
a lot of strangers wearing strange clothes
so nice
I wanna go home watch tv on my own
so nice
in my pocket my money makes a glittering noise
so nice
they seem to like you whenever you are a bum
so nice
they seem to like you

I don't want it
I really don't want it

now it is over so it is all right
oh yes
they don't want money, they just want love
oh yes
run to the store I know I am on
oh yes
they don't want money, they just want love
oh oh yes

I don't want no money
I don't want no early morning
I don't want no money
I don't want no early morning
 

TASTE FOR SOUND

it's true I'm feeling clumsy
I wanna break you down oh oh
it's true I'm feeling dizzy
I wanna get so far oh oh

I want the stars to ask me
who is that guy
I want the crowd to answer
well they're just poor guys oh oh

it's true we're looking clumsy
we've got no real class oh oh
it's true we're looking groovy
we've got a taste for sound

I want the stars to ask me
who is that guy
I want the crowd to answer
well they're just poor guys

poor guys
poor guys
 

OHIO BEACH

going down to Ohio beach
I don't know the way to skip
resting down on Ohio beach
do not know where I can skip

there's a treasure I look for
maybe silver maybe gold
what it is I don't mind, I don't mind
it's my only reason not to die
it's my only reason not to die
 

BLONDES & BRUNES

blondes may not be blondes
so I, I doubt about blondes
brunes may not be brunes
so I, I doubt about brunes

doubt is running on the hillside of memory
I'll soon climb up I'll soon fall
hanging out hanging in, giving out giving in
I have too much to say
 

SUPER SEXY MISSES

ask me now where should I go
I don't know, I don't know
ask me now what should I know
cause I don't know, I don't know

I know it's a funny world
there are super sexy misses and crazy girls

I know, I know oh oh
I know, I know oh oh
I know it's funny world
 

I WANT A STAR

I want a star right up for me
just for people that I like
I want a star that's feeling free
free to do and free to talk
and for the things that I like
and the things that I do
and the things that make me blue
of all the things that I deny
I want a star right up for me
 

PICTURE OF THAT DAY

I don't feel nice but I don't feel blue
I feel that maybe I'll get through
to another
day where I can laugh with my friends in the summer

but once again it's not so cool
it's quite vain and it's quite fool
for I to think so

so I took the picture
of the day that I spent beneath your feet
and here it is the picture
of the day that I spent beneath your feet

I know this state is bound to stay
it's always the same game we play
I don't complain
sing the same song say the same things all over

but after all it may be cool
it may be vain it may be fool
for I to think so
 

THE CRAZY SOUND

there's a man who lives next door
he looks quite odd
never looks at me when he passes by
he listens to strange music
I do not know
what he hears
or where he goes

here it comes the crazy sound
here it comes the crazy sound
here it comes the crazy sound
 

DISTANCE

Seven hours
Such a long long time to get you
When you're Washington to me
Seven hours
Oh I wanna be with you now
That you're Washington to me

But you never break the distance
If you never pay the price
And you'll stay there for ever
If you never pay the price

Seven hours
I don't mind the things we said yes
Yes the things we said last night
Seven hours
On the phone it seems the distance
The distance has gone apart
 

OBIWAN

excuse me Obiwan
but I've got to talk
and you're the only one
to hear my voice

it's been so long
since my power's gone
acid on my tongue
and cocaine in my bones

so come come come come on
I need you now
I gotta clear my soul
and cure my bones
back to a jedi
like I was once

I lost my job
with the end of war
I've lost my goals
I've lost your voice

what did you do
why did you let me down
after using me to
achieve your plans?
 

HANSON

I went back to
the place we first met
it has changed a lot
but the feelings remain

they've built an office block
on the place where you stood once
nostalgia's back again

Cities should be lands of fun
with townhalls built in bubble gum
we don't thank you, we don't thank you

we've got more debts hanging from the past
than any bank would ever dream to have
we don't thank you, we don't thank you
 

AMICALEMENT VOTRE

Les "à bientôt" quand tu t'en vas
ceux qui donnent envie de suivre tes pas
les petites choses qui traînent chez toi
qui ne servent à rien, qui donnent ton la
les mêmes bazars que tu laisses chez moi
des livres de blagues aux livres de foi
les grands rangements que tu fais chez moi
non, c'est vrai, de quel droit ?

Je veux tout garder de toi

Les mauvais jours qui se finissent bien
quand sous tes draps tu me reconstruit jusqu'au matin
les vieux chandails qui dessinent tes seins
que tu ne veux plus mettre et que moi j'aime bien
les deux photos de nous deux gamins
au même âge en plein CM1
comme dans le générique d'Amicalement Vôtre
garder pour suivre ta vie de loin
 

TOI ET MOI CONTRE LE MONDE

Non, non! on est de retour
à la case de départ
c'est pas demain le jour
qu'on nous verra chez Lenoir
mais bon, bon, ce n'est pas pire
que quand lors d'un soir de finale
ils ne mettent pas un tir
et se la jouent rois de la balle

C'est jamais assez
c'est jamais assez
il en faut toujours plus !
c'est toi et moi contre le monde.... oh oh oh
c'est toi et moi contre le monde

Mais c'est clair qu'on va repartir
on ne va pas se laisser mourir
il y a des femmes fans et tendres
qui se fanent à nous attendre
et cette fois sera la bonne
demain on est à Washington
plus sexy que Bill Clinton
et plus connus qu'OJ Simpson

C'est jamais assez
c'est jamais assez
il en faut toujours plus !
c'est toi et moi contre le monde.... oh oh oh
c'est toi et moi contre le monde

Mais OK c'est fort possible
qu'on ne dépasse pas Vélizy
qu'on ne soit pas admissibles
à l'oral de chez 4AD
et finalement c'est pas si mal
de jouer ici ce soir
avec dix filles dans la salle
qui nous sourient dans le noir

Est-ce déjà assez?
est-ce déjà assez ?
ils n'en peuvent déjà plus
de toi et moi contre le monde.... oh oh oh
de toi et moi contre le monde
 

PERFECT DAY

What did you do last week
had you nothing better to do
than to fall in love with him

It was a perfect day until I met you
Having my friends but not having you

Oh it's been so so long
since you heard my songs
I do keep a small hope
 

CHANSON MINIMALISTE

Te souviens-tu
non je ne me souviens pas
te disais-tu
non je ne me disais pas
je ne me souviens pas
de ce que l'on s'est dit
je ne me souviens de rien
alors à présent

J'aimerais avoir quelques photos
un vieux film ou un magnéto
pour me souvenir de toi

Un jour hier
non pas si loin déjà
je me souviens
de douceur avec toi
je ne me souviens pas
de ce que l'on s'est dit
en fait
je me souviens surtout de moi

J'aimerais avoir quelques photos
un vieux film ou un magnéto
pour me souvenir de toi
 

NO WAY

Oh I look at your front door
I don't wanna stay
How I wish I were away
I don't need you no more

say hello
comin' in
I don't want to
say these words
I'm just acting
fake how are you
there is no way

no way up, no way out
I don't want to listen
to your words, to your shouts
come on let me hold you down
come on let me shoot you down

oh you stand by my front door
see how much you shine
just for tonight you are mine
like you were before

kiss hello
comin' in
glass of water
play a song
feel attraction
hold each other
there is no way

no way up, no way out
you will have to admit
we're apart, we're torn out
the moments when we speak are so sad
I can't believe it turned so bad