Vade Retro Lyrics in English Joe Dassin
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Vade Retro by Joe Dassin from French to English.
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Si tu chantes: 'mon cul sur la commode'
If you sing: 'my ass on the dresser'
C'est gagné, t'as trouvé la méthode
It's won, you found the method
Dans six mois tu seras à la mode
In six months you'll be in fashion
Pense pas trop, vade retro
Don't think too much, retro vade
J'ai vu la petite église
I saw the little church
Tout près du doux caboulot
Close to the gentle caboulot
C'était au temps des cerises
It was cherry time
Pense pas trop, vade retro
Don't think too much, retro vade
La rengaine, c'est la même
The regalia is the same
Depuis les grecs et les ostrogoths
From the Greeks and ostrogoths
Et on danse, on avance
And we dance, we move forward
À reculons comme dans un tango
Backwards as in a tango
On tourne en rond, on revient au départ
We go in circles, we go back to the start
On voit sortir la nouvelle vague
We see the new wave coming out
Du fond d'un vieux tiroir
From the bottom of an old drawer
Si ta petite amie met les robes
If your girlfriend puts on the dresses
Qui allaient à cléo de mérode
Who went to merode key
C'est pas pour le plaisir, c'est la mode
It's not for fun, it's fashion
Pense pas trop, vade retro
Don't think too much, retro vade
J'ai vu les rois du pétrole
I've seen the kings of oil
Flamber à monte-carlo
Flamber at monte-carlo
Tiens-tiens, c'est les années folles
Here's the Roaring Twenties
Pense pas trop, vade retro
Don't think too much, retro vade
La rengaine, c'est la même
The regalia is the same
Depuis les grecs et les ostrogoths
From the Greeks and ostrogoths
Et on danse, on avance
And we dance, we move forward
À reculons comme dans un tango
Backwards as in a tango
On tourne en rond, on revient au départ
We go in circles, we go back to the start
On voit sortir la nouvelle vague
We see the new wave coming out
Du fond d'un vieux tiroir
From the bottom of an old drawer
Chacun a sa belle époque
Everyone has their own good times
Pour lui, c'est le rococo
For him, it's rococo
Pour toi, c'est le temps du rock
For you, it's rock time
Pense pas trop, vade retro
Don't think too much, retro vade
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Lyrics © MUSIC 18
Yves ROCHE, Joe DASSIN, Pierre DELANOE, Claude LEMESLE
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