C'était Menti Lyrics in English Alain Souchon
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song C'était Menti by Alain Souchon from French to English.
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Tout ce que tu m'as dit
Everything you told me
Vieux Scott Joplin maudit
Old cursed Scott Joplin
Tout ce que tu m'as dit
Everything you told me
C'était menti
It was lied
Tu disais le bonheur c'est un gros pétard
You said happiness is a big firecracker
Caché dans les crinolines des autos Panhard
Hidden in the crinolines of Panhard cars
Tu disais l'industrie et l'agriculture
You said industry and agriculture
Tu disais la vieille Sissi sur la côte d'Azur
You said old Sissi on the French Riviera
De Karl Marx la rêverie
From Karl Marx Reverie
Et le tsarévitch Alexis
And Tsarevich Alexis
Tout tout était menti
Everything was lied to
Scott Joplin maudit
Scott Joplin cursed
Tout ce que tu m'as dit
Everything you told me
Vieux Fats Waller maudit
Old Cursed Fats Waller
Tout ce que tu m'as dit
Everything you told me
C'était menti
It was lied
Tu disais le bonheur c'est un gros pétard
You said happiness is a big firecracker
Dans les mains d'Al Capone à Chicago le soir
In the hands of Al Capone in Chicago at night
Tu disais Métro Goldwyn les Dessoto les Packard
You said Métro Goldwyn the Dessoto the Packard
Lilly Palmer un jour j'aurai ma part
Lilly Palmer one day I'll get my share
Armstrong et Stormy Weather aussi
Armstrong and Stormy Weather too
Le charleston et Mussolini
The Charleston and Mussolini
Tout tout était menti
Everything was lied to
Fats Waller maudit
Cursed Fats Waller
Tout ce que tu m'as dit
Everything you told me
Vieux Bob Dylan maudit
Old Cursed Bob Dylan
Tout ce que tu m'as dit
Everything you told me
C'était menti
It was lied
Tu disais le bonheur c'est un gros pétard
You said happiness is a big firecracker
La révolution une forme d'art
Revolution a form of art
Marianne Faithfull et ses jolies dents qui claquent
Marianne Faithfull and her pretty chattering teeth
Enroulée dans l'anorak de Jack Kerouac
Wrapped in Jack Kerouac's anorak
Katmandou et la mort à bas prix
Kathmandu and cheap death
Et les limousines hors de prix
And the overpriced limousines
Tout tout était menti
Everything was lied to
Bob Dylan maudit
Cursed Bob Dylan
C'était menti
It was lied
Et toi tes mots d'amour au piano
And you your words of love on the piano
Est-ce que c'était tout du pipeau?
Was it all a joke?
Toi qui disais que tu m'aimais
You who said you loved me
Comment c'était?
How was it?
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