Quand on a du feu Lyrics in English Joe Dassin
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Quand on a du feu by Joe Dassin from French to English.
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Elle buvait son café, l'addition était prête
She drank her coffee, the bill was ready
Et j'allais la laisser s'envoler. c'est trop bête
And I was going to let her fly away. it's too stupid
Elle a pris dans son paquet une cigarette
She took a cigarette in her packet
Un garçon, empressé, accouru l'allumer
A boy, eager, ran to light it
Pourquoi lui? il est triste, il est tout petit
Why him? it's sad it's tiny
Un briquet et j'avais du génie
A lighter and I had genius
Quand on a du feu c'est un jeu de se décider
When you have fire it's a game to decide
Craque une allumette et tu peux tout imaginer
Crack a match and you can imagine everything
Rien qu'une étincelle: 'mademoiselle, je suis amoureux
Just a spark: 'Mademoiselle, I'm in love
Venez, venez ce soir, venez chez moi, y'a du feu'
Come, come tonight, come to my house, there's fire'
Alors j'ai acheté de quoi faire une flamme
So I bought something to make a flame
J'étais prêt à foncer au moment où la dame
I was ready to go by the time the lady
Sortirait de son paquet une cigarette
Would take a cigarette out of his packet
Sitôt dit, sitôt fait, je ne l'ai pas ratée
Immediately said, as soon as I did, I didn't miss it
Quelques mots bien choisis et elle est à moi
A few well-chosen words and it's mine
Je la vois me tomber dans les bras
I see her falling into my arms
Quand on a du feu c'est un jeu de le décider
When you have fire it's a game to decide
Craque une allumette et tu peux tout imaginer
Crack a match and you can imagine everything
Rien qu'une étincelle: 'mademoiselle, je suis amoureux
Just a spark: 'Mademoiselle, I'm in love
Venez, venez ce soir, venez chez moi, y'a du feu'
Come, come tonight, come to my house, there's fire'
Elle n'a dit que 'merci', elle a pris son vestiaire
She said only 'thank you', she took her dressing room
Et sortit dans la nuit, je ne savais pas quoi faire
And went out in the night, I didn't know what to do
J'ai grillé à sa santé une cigarette
I burned a cigarette in his health
Et je l'ai regardée s'en aller en fumée
And I watched her go up in smoke
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Lyrics © MUSIC 18
Joe DASSIN, Claude LEMESLE, Pierre DELANOE
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