were in vogue etaient en vogue
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From now on, they’ve Desormais, on les a been replaced by Digicodes remplaces par des Digicodes
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In my town, there were Dans ma ville, il n’y
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no parking meters avait pas de parcmetre
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I used to see Je voyais des ouvriers
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workers eating manger des sandwichs a omelet-sandwiches l’omelette
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(is omelet = to beatten eggs ?)
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The past comes back to my mind Le passe me revient
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like a cup-and-ball game comme un bilboquet
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The presence of an omnipresent La presence d’un passe
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past hasn’t gone omnipresent n’est pas passee
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The Halles, supplanted Les Halles, supplantees
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by the (Coste ?) par le (Coste ?)
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The allegory of the 'madeleines'L'allegorie des
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swifts away at the madeleines file a la speed of Prost vitesse de Prost
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The air was pure there, L’air y etait pur,
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Paris more beautiful Paris plus beau
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Now, the subway fare rises Desormais le ticket de like the metro augmente comme le number of cars nombre d’autos.
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Oh shit, there’s no more Oh shit, a la tele
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speakerine on TV y a plus de speakrine
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There are B-series movies Y a des films de serie
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that I estimate B que j’estime a at four cents quatre centimes
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The States give us these films of Les States nous plaquent ces films de three little coins trois piecette
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That I peep, and my intellect Que je mate, et mon intellect
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find that they are obsolete constate qu’ils sont obsoletes
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Verse Two:
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Obsolete, but with much style, Obsolete, mais stylee,
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the sentence that follows la phrase qui suivra
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The man who picks up the L’homme qui capte le mic and whose name mic et dont le nom
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name has a double a possede un double a The fence (…) crossbow La barriere (…) arbalete
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Which (…) Qui (…)
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Which is (the approach) Qui est (l'abord)
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for decades depuis des decennies
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It runs off with on my soul Une main basse sur mon ame
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so that he slows down pour qu’il avance au ralenti
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But the great manitou, Mais le grand manitou,
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handles everything, (…) manie tout, (…)
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Of the masks, Des masques la musique
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the music has cloaked the place, a masque la place,
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one mortgages then on hypotheque puis
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he doesn’t like qu’il n’aime pas
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In brief, to be Bref, pour etre clair
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clear-cut et net
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Exactly like, to my ears, Tout comme a mes
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'my fly' oreilles, 'ma braguette'
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Teams up and rhymes S’acoquine et rime
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with 'obsolete'avec 'obsolete'
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Verse Three:
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Obsolete is also Obsolete est aussi
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the teaser who l’allumeuse qui
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Wore a hair-net and Portait des bas resilles
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stenched patshleaf et empestait le patchouli
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For done services Pour des services
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she says to me rendus elle me dit
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''I pay you in kind''''Je te paye en nature''
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And I stay stoic Et je reste stoique
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when she holds out jams quand elle me tend
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to me des confitures
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This is forgotten when Ceci est oublie quand
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on the month of december au mois de decembre
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She telephones and says Elle me telephone et me
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''Come pick me up''dit ''Passe me prendre''
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In brief, I abuse of her Bref, j’en abuse
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with a delectable feeling avec delectation
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smooth like mead douce comme l’hydromel
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I am in affection je suis en affection
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between the smooth thighs entre les cuisses
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of the miss lisses de la miss
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Her eyes wrinkle, Ses yeux se plissent, et and she says ''Stop your vice''elle dit ''Stop ton vice''
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I am like a ball, Je suis comme une balle,
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she plays the role of elle joue le role
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The luller, teaser, L’endormeuse, allumeuse,
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fancies herself for a starlette se prend pour une starlette
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Message which, in the 'cinematheques'Desuettes, sont classees
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Fallen in disuse, are classified in dans les series B,
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B-series, at the department 'obsolete'au rayon 'obsolete' |