N’est pas Gainsbourg qui veutBaudelaire ou Rimbaud
Ni poète maudit
Apollinaire ou Poe
Suffit pas d’être saoul
Ni de paraître fou
C’est pas une question de shoots
Ni de sexe ni de look

N’est pas Gainsbourg qui veut
Baudelaire ou Rimbaud
Ni poète maudit
Apollinaire ou Poe
Seulement savoir pourquoi
Tout brûle autour de soi
Pourquoi ces châteaux de sable
Qu’engloutissent les vagues
N’est pas Gainsbourg qui veut
Baudelaire ou Rimbaud
Ni poète maudit
Apollinaire ou Poe
Seulement savoir pourquoi
Faire et puis tout défaire
Et mettre tout à l’envers
Avec la même foi

N’est pas Gainsbourg qui veut
Baudelaire ou Rimbaud
Ni poète maudit
Apollinaire ou Poe
Seulement savoir pourquoi
Là-haut sur son étoile
Soufflent les vents du désert
Qui brûlent la peau et l’âme

English translation :

THERE'S ONLY GAINSBOURG

There ‘s only
Gainsbourg

Baudelaire or Rimbaud
Neither the “poète maudit”
Apollinaire or Poe
It’s not enough to
be drunk
No
appear
to be
crazy
It's not a question of shooting up
No of
sex no
of
appearances

There ‘s only
Gainsbourg

Baudelaire or Rimbaud
Neither the “poète maudit”
Apollinaire or Poe
Just
knowing
why
Everything burns around you
Why these sand castles
swallowed up by
the waves
There ‘s only
Gainsbourg

Baudelaire or Rimbaud
Neither the “poète maudit”
Apollinaire or Poe
Just
knowing
why
Make and
un-make
And putting
everything
the other way round
With the same
conviction

There ‘s only
Gainsbourg

Baudelaire or Rimbaud
Neither the “poète maudit”
Apollinaire or Poe
Just
knowing
why
Up there on his star
the desert winds
blow
burning
skin and
soul

Come on, put this record on, you’ll see it’s so much funShake your head baby, there goes your bodyMe and my pink friends, we are so decadent,We need some cigarettes and entertainmentYou need to ouh ouh..You got to ouh ouh…Elisabeth you’re smiling, you’re not lying,it’s not what it seems just keep those dreamsuse your imagination babylike I use mineget your satisfaction darling..Me and my pink friends, we are so decadent,We need some cigarettes and entertainmentAnd entertaim..You need to ouh ouh..You got to ouh ouh..You need to ouh
ouh…You got to ouh ouh ..Me and my pink friends, we are so decadent,We need some cigarettes and entertainment !C’mon put this record on you’ll see it’s so much funShake you head baby , there goes your bodyC’mon c’mon put this record on, you’ll see it’s
so much funIf I would tell you I’ve been waiting for you so longWould you believe that this is just a simple love songMe and my pink friends, we are so decadent,We need some cigarettes and entertainmentOuh ouh… You got to ouh ouh..You need to ouh ouh…You
got to ouh ouh ..Me and my pink friends, we are so decadent,We need some cigarettes and entertainmentAnd entertainment

Somebody told me i’m a real wild messI’m smokin’ and i’m crazy and i’m drinking gasSomebody told me i’m a real wild messIt’s just a matter of looking glassYou got to know know know what’s going downSomething’s got a hold on you, you got to look aroundYou got to know know know what’s going downSomething’s got a hold on you, you got to look aroundSomebody told me that you are my friendYou got to show me ‘cause i’m thinking againSomebody told me that you are a messIt’s just a matter of looking glassYou got to know know know what’s going downSomething’s got a hold on you, you got to look aroundYou got to know know know what’s going downSomething’s got a hold on you, you got to look around«
Girl, how crazy are you, girl how crazy are you
?
»No time for reality, this is my normality,It’s just a matter of a point of view,Why don’t you come and talk to me
?Somebody told me that you are my friendYou got to show me ‘cause i’m thinking againSomebody told me that you are a mess butYou know it’s just a matter of looking glassYou got to know know know what’s going downSomething’s got a hold on you, you got to look aroundYou got to know know know what’s going downSomething’s got a hold on you, you got to look around…Girl, how crazy are you
?
Girl, how crazy are you
?

Are you ready for the game
Do you understand
I wanna touch your flame

Are you ready for the game
Do you understand
I wanna touch your flame

Are you ready for the game
Do you understand
I wanna touch your flame

Get down on on the beat
Get down on on the beat
Get down on on the beat
Get down on on the beat baby
Get down on on the beat
Get down on on the beat baby
Get down on on the beat
Get down on on the beat
On the beat
Get down on on the beat
I wanna get down
Baby

Are you ready for the game
Do you understand
I wanna touch your flame

Are you ready for the game
Do you understand
I wanna touch your flame

Are you ready for the game
Do you understand
I wanna touch your flame

Are you ready to the game
Are you ready to the game
Are you ready to the game
Are you ready to the game
I wanna touch your flame

Are you ready for the game
Do you understand
I wanna touch your flame

Are you ready for the game
Do you understand
I wanna touch your flame

Get down on on the beat baby

A vision of you and I walk in a strange land
Is it just an illusion?
You keep me holding to the grace of your movements
I think I know where it goes

I never felt a love before so understanding
Is it still an illusion?
Together we can overcome any ocean
It’s not he end of the road

I just can’t get enough baby
I think I love you, I love you
I just can’t get enough baby
I think I love you

A vision of you and I walk in a strange land
Is it just an illusion?
You keep me holding to the grace of your movements
I think I know where it goes

You said it took you by surprise, called me crazy
Did we both cry?
They say that pure love is a lie, can we face it?
And show them how much they’re wrong

II just can’t get enough baby
I think I love you, I love you
I just can’t get enough baby
I think I love you