Browning Lyrics in English Edith Piaf
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Browning by Edith Piaf from French to English.
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Y avait qu'à r'garder sa figure
All you had to do was keep his face on
Et tout de suite on comprenait
And right away we understood
Monsieur Browning, qu'on l'appelait
Mr. Browning, they called him
Un nom qui sentait l'aventure
A name that smacked of adventure
C'était le roi du revolver
He was the king of the gun
Il en avait de magnifiques
He had some magnificent ones
Qu'il avait ram'nés d'Amérique
That he'd brought from America
Où qu'on fabriqu' les vrais gangsters
Where real gangsters are made
Il nous racontait son histoire
He'd tell us his story
Son premier crim' et puis la gloire
His first crime and then the glory
Browning, Browning
Browning, Browning
Il nous montrait des tas d'photos
He showed us lots of pictures
Pris's en premièr' pag' des journaux
Taken from the front pages of newspapers
Browning, Browning
Browning, Browning
Il nous disait 'Vous autr's en France
He'd say, 'Vous autr's en France
Vous manquez encor' d'expérience.'
You still lack experience.
Browning, Browning
Browning, Browning
Avec ça, pas besoin d'êtr' fort
With this, you don't need to be strong
C'est l'maladroit qu'a toujours tort
It's the clumsy one who's always wrong
Et viv' Browning
Et viv' Browning
Parc' qu'il avait de l'élégance
'Cause he had elegance
Et des costum's de cinéma
And movie costumes
Il nous r'gardait de haut en bas
He guarded us from top to bottom
Avec mépris et insolence
With contempt and insolence
Et tout's nos femm's, ell's l'admiraient
And all our wives admired him
comment c'est qu'il a d'allure
what a looker he is
Et ce typ' là, quelle envergure.'
And this guy, what a stature.'
Mais nous, les homm's, il nous courait
But us, the men, he'd run away from us
C'était toujours la mêm' histoire
It was always the same story
Son premier crim' et puis la gloire
His first crime and then the glory
Browning, Browning
Browning, Browning
On l'voyait sur les grands journaux
We'd see him on the big papers
Juste à côté d'Greta Garbo
Right next to Greta Garbo
Browning, Browning
Browning, Browning
A l'écouter, on d'venait bête
Listening to him, we'd get silly
On n'avait plus qu'ça dans la tête
It was all we could think about
Browning, Browning
Browning, Browning
Et nous pensions 'Marre à la fin
And we thought 'Marre à la fin
Il nous ennuie, l'Américain
The American bores us
Et son Browning.'
And his Browning.
Pour nous apprendr' la vraie manière
To teach us the real way
Pour nous donner un' bonn' leçon
To teach us a' lesson
Il a tenu, ce brav' garçon
He made a point of showing us
A nous montrer son savoir-faire
To show us his know-how
C'est dans un' sall' de restaurant
It's in a restaurant hall
Qu'il a voulu fair' l'expérience
That he wanted to experience
Mais le pauvr' typ' n'a pas eu d'chance
But the poor fellow was out of luck
Comme il sortait ses instruments
As he took out his instruments
Il a roulé sous la banquette
He rolled under the seat
Avec un p'tit trou dans la tête
With a small hole in his head
Browning, Browning
Browning, Browning
ça n'a pas claqué bien fort
It didn't slam very hard
Mais tout de mêm', il en est mort
But it still killed him
Browning, Browning
Browning, Browning
Et puis quelqu'un dans le silence
And then someone in the silence
A dit 'Maint'nant à quoi qu'tu penses
Said, 'Now what do you think?
Browning, Browning
Browning, Browning
Il pens' plus rien puisqu'il est mort
He ain't thinkin' no more 'cause he's dead
Tu parlais trop... ben t'as eu tort
You talked too much... well you were wrong
Bye-Bye, Browning
Bye-Bye, Browning
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