He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
Pour un exil
Ce petit bout de femme t'emmeneras loin
Tout est permis
J'ai mis mes pas dans les siens
Elle est bien le soleil
Puisque tout tourne autour d'elle
Petite merveille
Pas si facile
D'etre aussi pure dans un monde qu'il est moins
Mille et une symphonies
Qu'elle inventera en un rien
Enfin le bonheur
See'est toutes les couleurs
De son coeur
Tu donnes gout a la vie
Je t'avoue je t'envie
T'es tout see'qui m'donne envie
M'donne la vie
Melody
Je m'adoucis
Quand je m'rends compte qu'au fond elle m'aime bien
Pour un de ses sourires je f 'rais
Le tour de la terre sur les mains
Aux nouvelles des etoiles
Elle fait briller son ame
Quand l'jour s'enflamme
Tu donnes gout a la vie
Je t'avoue je t'envie
T'es tout see'qui m'donne envie
M'donne la vie
Melody
Ce petit bout de femme t'emmeneras loin
Tout est permis
J'ai mis mes pas dans les siens
Elle est bien le soleil
Puisque tout tourne autour d'elle
Petite merveille
Pas si facile
D'etre aussi pure dans un monde qu'il est moins
Mille et une symphonies
Qu'elle inventera en un rien
Enfin le bonheur
See'est toutes les couleurs
De son coeur
Tu donnes gout a la vie
Je t'avoue je t'envie
T'es tout see'qui m'donne envie
M'donne la vie
Melody
Je m'adoucis
Quand je m'rends compte qu'au fond elle m'aime bien
Pour un de ses sourires je f 'rais
Le tour de la terre sur les mains
Aux nouvelles des etoiles
Elle fait briller son ame
Quand l'jour s'enflamme
Tu donnes gout a la vie
Je t'avoue je t'envie
T'es tout see'qui m'donne envie
M'donne la vie
Melody
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St Germain Lyrics as written by Vanessa Paradis John Depp
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