Dans un coin pourri du pauvre Paris
Sur une place
L'est un vieux bistrot, tenu pas un gros
Dégueulasse

Si t'as le bec fin, s'il te faut du vin
D'première classe
Va boire à Passy, le nectar d'ici
Te dépasse

Mais si t'as l'gosier qu'une armure d'acier
Matelasse
Goûte à ce velours, ce petit bleu lourd
De menace

Tu trouveras là, la fine fleur de la
Populace
Tous les marmiteux, les calamiteux
De la place

Qui viennent en rang comme les harengs
Voir en face
La belle du bistrot, la femme à ce gros
Dégueulasse

Que je boive à fond, l'eau de tout's les fon-
-Taines Wallace
Si, dès aujourd'hui, tu n'es pas séduit
Par la grâce

De cette jolie fée qui, d'un bouge, a fait
Un palace
Avec ses appâts, du haut jusqu'en bas
Bien en place

Ces trésors exquis, qui les embrasse, qui
Les enlace?
Vraiment, c'en est trop, tout ça pour ce gros
Dégueulasse

C'est injuste et fou, mais que voulez-vous
Qu'on y fasse?
L'amour se fait vieux, il a plus les yeux
Bien en face

Si tu fais ta cour, tâche que tes discours
Ne l'agacent
Sois poli, mon gars, pas de geste ou ga-
-Rre à la casse

Car sa main qui claque punit d'un flic-flac
Les audaces
Certes, il n'est pas né qui mettra le nez
Dans sa tasse

Pas né, le chanceux qui dégèlera ce
Bloc de glace
Qui fera dans l'dos, les cornes à ce gros
Dégueulasse

Dans un coin pourri, du pauvre Paris
Sur une place
Une espèce de fée, d'un vieux bouge, a fait
Un palace


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