Mâche Ta Chique Lyrics in English Joe Dassin

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Mâche Ta Chique by Joe Dassin from French to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Ils avaient déjà dressé le bois de ma potence
They had already laid the wood of my gallows
Ils avaient déjà choisi la corde pour me pendre
They had already chosen the rope to hang me
Mais j'ai brisé mes chaînes et, croyez-moi, pour me reprendre
But I broke my chains and, believe me, to get back
Il faudra payer son poids de balles dans le ventre!
You'll have to pay his weight with bullets in the belly!
Mâche ta chique, je me gratte le dos, la flotte c'est du bidon
Chew your chique, I scratch my back, the fleet is can
C'est bon pour les poissons, y'a du vin dans le tonneau
It's good for fish, there's wine in the barrel
Après quelques semaines, autant de villes et trois frontières
After a few weeks, so many cities and three borders
L'estomac dans les talons, les talons sans semelle
Stomach in heels, heels without sole
Une fille qui n'avait rien, rien d'extraordinaire
A girl who had nothing, nothing extraordinary
M'a chauffé le coeur comme elle a chauffé ma gamelle
Warmed my heart as it warmed my bowl
Mâche ta chique, je me gratte le dos, la flotte c'est du bidon
Chew your chique, I scratch my back, the fleet is can
C'est bon pour les poissons, y'a du vin dans le tonneau
It's good for fish, there's wine in the barrel
Elle a mis du tabac dans ma vieille pipe en terre
She put tobacco in my old dirt pipe
Ne m'a pas demandé de caresser ses dentelles
Didn't ask me to caress her lace
Elle n'en avait pas, pas plus qu'elle n'avait de mère
She didn't have any, nor did she have a mother
Elle ne m'a bien dit quand je me suis couché près d'elle
She didn't tell me when I lay down next to her
Mâche ta chique, je me gratte le dos, la flotte c'est du bidon
Chew your chique, I scratch my back, the fleet is can
C'est bon pour les poissons, y'a du vin dans le tonneau
It's good for fish, there's wine in the barrel
Je suis reparti à l'heure où le soleil se lève
I left as the sun rises
Sitôt commencées, mieux vaut que les amours s'achèvent
As soon as they start, it's better for the love to end
Et s'il faut choisir entre deux cordes pour me pendre
And if you have to choose between two strings to hang me
Pendu pour pendu, moi, je prends la corde de chanvre
Hanging for hanging, I take the hemp rope
Mâche ta chique, je me gratte le dos, la flotte c'est du bidon
Chew your chique, I scratch my back, the fleet is can
C'est bon pour les poissons, y'a du vin dans le tonneau!
It's good for fish, there's wine in the barrel!
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