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Joe Le Taxi Lyrics
Joe le taxi
Y va pas partout
Y marche pas au soda
Son saxo jaune
Connait toutes les rues par coeur
Tous les p'tits bars
Tous les coins noirs
Et la Seine
Et ses ponts qui brillent
Dans sa caisse
La musique a Joe
C'est la rumba
Le vieux rock au mambo
Joe le taxi
C'est sa vie
Le rhum au mambo
Embouteillage
Il est comme ca
Rhum et mambo
Joe - Joe - Joe
Dans sa caisse
La musique a Joe resonne
C'est la rumba
Le vieux rock au mambo bidon
Vas-y Joe
Vas-y Joe
Vas-y fonce
Dans la nuit vers l'amazone
Joe le taxi
Et Xavier Cugat
Joe le taxi
Et Yma Sumac
Joe - Joe - Joe
Joe le taxi
C'est sa vie
Le rhum au mambo
Embouteillage
Joe le taxi
Et les Mariachis
Joe le taxi
Et le cha-cha-chi
Joe le taxi
Et le cha-cha-chi
Vas-y Joe
Vas-y fonce
Dans la nuit vers l'amazone
Y va pas partout
Y marche pas au soda
Son saxo jaune
Connait toutes les rues par coeur
Tous les p'tits bars
Tous les coins noirs
Et la Seine
Et ses ponts qui brillent
Dans sa caisse
La musique a Joe
C'est la rumba
Le vieux rock au mambo
Joe le taxi
C'est sa vie
Le rhum au mambo
Embouteillage
Il est comme ca
Rhum et mambo
Joe - Joe - Joe
Dans sa caisse
La musique a Joe resonne
C'est la rumba
Le vieux rock au mambo bidon
Vas-y Joe
Vas-y Joe
Vas-y fonce
Dans la nuit vers l'amazone
Joe le taxi
Et Xavier Cugat
Joe le taxi
Et Yma Sumac
Joe - Joe - Joe
Joe le taxi
C'est sa vie
Le rhum au mambo
Embouteillage
Joe le taxi
Et les Mariachis
Joe le taxi
Et le cha-cha-chi
Joe le taxi
Et le cha-cha-chi
Vas-y Joe
Vas-y fonce
Dans la nuit vers l'amazone
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yep, that's basically it! here's a translation - its such a cute song!
Joe the taxi (cab driver) He doesn't go everywhere He doesn't work on soda His yellow sax (saxophone is a metaphor for his yellow cab) Knows all of the streets by heart All of the little bars All of the dark corners And the Seine
And its bridges that shine In his car Joe's music It's the "rumba" From old "rock" to "mambo" Joe the taxi It's his life The rum with "mambo" Traffic jam He's like that Joe - Joe - Joe In his car Joe's music resonates It's the "rumba" From old "rock" to phony "mambo" Go Joe Go Joe Speed along In the night towards the Amazon Joe the taxi And Xavier Cugat (famous musician apparently?) Joe the taxi And Yma Sumac (musician again?) Joe - Joe - Joe Joe the taxi It's his life The rum with "mambo" Traffic jam Joe the taxi And the Mariachis Joe the Taxi And the "cha-cha-chi" Go Joe Speed along In the night towards the Amazon
a song about a guy named jo who drives a taxi ..hehe... go jo !you can do it ...and she's describing paris with the scene " the river ".. jo's a saxophone player too and he dance and likes rum hehe
Yma Sumac is a singer. I think Stereo Total did a cover of this song. Damn those cute french girls and their cute french songs.
How old was Vanessa when she sang this song? =)
@Ashley456 14-ish
@Ashley456 14-ish
very young. Anyway, I hate her for being Johnny Depp's girlfriend!! ;p
Ashley - she was 14
nothing
Xavier Cugat was a Spanish musician who became quite famous in the '40s playing Cuban music, especially rumbas.
Yma Sumac was an American novelty singer from the '60s, I think, who pretended to be from the jungle and sang very strange songs.
My English teacher brought this song up one day, played the original Vanessa Paradis version and IDM (intelligent dance music) artist Hanayo's amazing dance version music video. He prefaced the song by saying that it was about a pimp, this taxi driver. I don't really see evidence for this, but I'm reluctant to throw his opinion out, since he is fluent in French and believe lived in France and super-Saharan Africa for some time. Has anyone else heard that this song is about a pimp?
Zacbra - This song is not about a pimp. Anyway, l'amazone is a call-girl, a kind of prostitute