LYRICS

LES DANGEREUSES LYRICS

LES FLEURS MECONTENTES
Quand tu n’es plus la - moi je ne suis jamais pleine
et il’n ‘y a pas les étoiles parce que le ciel est trop sombre
je ne serai pas contente jusque ce que je te voir encore
il y a les chansons tristes seulement
et toutes les fleurs sont mecontentes veritablement
je ne serai pas content jusque ce que je te voir encore
alors est-ce que tu veux me voir?
S’il n’y a pas toi alors il n’y a pas moi
je sais que je suis completement fou
je sais aussi que je ne regrette rien
je ne serai pas contente jusque ce que je te voir encore
encore encore
alors moi, je veux te voir
la la la.

A LITTLE SAD
I saw you yesterday on the street with your new friend
In front an old building that had only half a sign left
We only smiled a little - I look down then straight ahead
I used to hold your hand but now I wave to you instead
And it makes me a little sad it makes me a little sad
Another year goes by
the circle turns into a line
he drives me by the seaside and I dream of going nowhere
he smokes his cigarettes and he gets a little closer to understanding nothing
but the smoke around his head
And it makes me a little sad it makes me a little sad
Oh my but what’s a girl to do
When it makes me a little sad.

ROSA DANCES IN HER KITCHEN
On the last night of a known-life
her tall shoes leave markings on the tiles.

WOLFGANG
I knew you three days only
we walked the nights through citied snow
you said the stars spelled out my name
I said they spelled yours
I’m never truly fine when I recall the moment
I closed the door one last time and said goodbye to your sweet eyes - goodbye.

LA FILLE AVEC LES CHEVEUX LONGUES
La fille avec les cheveux longues chant les chansons tristes
que son amant a parti et elle ne peut pas lui trouver malgré combine fort elle essaie
La fille avec les cheveux longues
elle sa blame - sa jolie bouch torde a une fleur qui meurt quant elle pleure et elle crie:
Quand serai j’aimé
La maris et les femmes la passent
elle s’assient dans le café devant la fénetre avec les solieil qui brille dans ses yeux
La fille avec les cheveux longues
elle sa blame - s’elle prend un couteau et alors les coupes toutes
pendant cette temps elle pleure et elle crie:
Quand serai j’aimé.

FOREVER AS THOUGH IT’S NOT HERE
We heard it on the radio there’s no hope for a single chance of snow
You take one last drag of your cigarette and set it down by the dirty window
Well I know you and I know me and I know we’re not going anywhere
We’ll just sit here very still in our chairs talking about forever as though it’s not here
You went to the coast and came home and you said it was a joke
That the sun was just peroxide and the ocean just a little puff of smoke
And I said “maybe you just felt a little scared because it was bigger than you thought”
And you said “no that’s not it just forget it now I’m glad to be home, let’s move on”
But I know you and I know me and I know we’re not going anywhere
We’ll just sit here very still in our chairs talking about forever as though it’s not here
You blew back into the room after hanging up the phone
When I ask you who it was you said it was God, he’d called to say he’d be late getting home
And I laughed and put my arms around your back
You took my heart in your hand
And I wondered about the moment still to come when I wouldn’t see you again
But I know you and I know me and I know we’re not going anywhere
We’ll just sit here very still in our chairs talking about forever as though it’s not here.

SIDE STREETS + PARKED CARS
There’s a year of side streets and parked cars
Of Chinatown and self-doubt mornings
I’m awake more than in a long time
I have an old bicycle with a broken-down front tire
I ride all night and I’m allright
Even though my favorite barely fits me
It’s a non-specific torn-up beauty
Passed away the evening turns to Christmas
But it’s green where I go and no one knows me
I ride - stripclub lights my only guide
I’m awake more than in a long time
I have an old bicycle with a broken-down front tire.

THE BATHTUB
February 24, 2005, 2:47 pm.

JEAN-MICHEL
Jean-Michel lost his father when he was twelve
He is both a boy and a man - I understand him
Jean-Michel falls apart when he hears churchbells
So I searched far and wide for a sign that they’d never chime
In a time of fame and fortune and broken parallels
When they tell me that you’re on your own then I’ll know you’re well Jean-Michel
Monsieur keeps his heartaches in a bottle
And he thinks he’s good and safe until the day it breaks
Jean-Michel thought I couldn’t truly tell he is both a boy and a man - I understand
In a time of fame and fortune and broken parallels
When they tell me that you’re on your own then I’ll know you’re well Jean-Michel
I understand Jean-Michel.

J’ECRIS SON NOM ENCORE (THE EMPTY THEATRE)
Toujours amour toujours, toujours amour toujours
Veritablement resplendissent toujour amour toujours
Toujours amour toujours, toujours amour toujours
Trénte-huit ans comme un enfant toujours amour toujours
Le thêatre est triste et calme pour vous toujours amour toujours.

THE SWEETNESS IN YOU
The sweetness in you I was sure was true went rolling past my shoulder
The sweetness in you like a blue full moon made me blind to what I know now
That I was really such a fool to have closed my eyes and only breathed you
Had they been open I’d have really seen you
It was only once then it quickly flew when you found my love was just for you
Then I bid a sweet and sad adieu
To the sweetness I saw in you.

OH CAMILLE
Oh Camille call your sheep they’re wondering wandering lost around the side of the house my dear
Oh Camille call your cold cold heart in from the rain and snow - here’s a blanket nice and warm
Now he took you by surprise my friend but the year is still not over yet
You just look so beautiful when you wear your hair like that
And we’re all concerned for how you feel but most of all you can’t Camille
Take the whole thing on like you used to
Oh Camille can you carry all three loads and make it seem as though you carry none at all
Oh Camille can’t you see that it’s not as bad as you think - we’ll always love you after all.

ST.-HENRI
The nightlights cast a lifeline across the dirty city streets
Oh please stop sending the letters
That I read when I walk through St.-Henri.

AT THE CLARION CAFÉ LYRICS

TOUJOURS TRES DOUX
Il y a une ville où tous les amoureux
S'embrassent forts tous les jours
Et puis ils meurent comme les fleurs
Après la pluie qui tombe trop fort

You can take a train to take away the pain
But chances are it's staying in the next motel room
Dites-à-moi pourquoi
Je n'oublie pas tes yeux  très chers très bleus
Toujours très doux

Il y a un rêve très beau et claire
Et ton nom est Jean-Pierre
As well I'm someone else - who can tell
The city lights cry “Elle pour lui, et lui pour elle…”

You can take a train to take away the pain
But chances are it rains on your rendezvous
Dites-à-moi pourquoi
Je n'oublie pas tes yeux  très chers très bleus
Toujours très doux

You can take a train to take away the pain
But chances are it stained on the seat next to you
Dites-à-moi pourquoi
Je n'oublie pas tes yeux  très chers très bleus
Toujours très doux

*HOLIDAY
you're a holiday such a holiday
you're a holiday and I say such a holiday

It's something I think is worthwile
If the puppets makes you smile if not then you're throwing stones
 
It’s a funny game can’t you see that it’s all the same
I can’t think of what I said - put a soft pillow on my head

If millions of eyes can see then why am I so blind
If the someone else is me it’s unkind
It’s unkind

(*Written by Barry and Robin Gibb; © 1978 Abigail Music/BMI)

A VERY INTERESTING MAN
You are a very interesting man, my dear
You’ve a very interesting manner dear
Perhaps we're not right about what means polite
But we don't think the definition is you, my dear

We wish you all the luck in the world, my dear
We hope that all your problems be cured, my dear
That they’ll go away one bright sunny day but today only clouds shall remain, my dear

We want the whole world to know, my dear
You don't return the things you owe, my dear
And for our curtain call we sing
“His privates: very small”
Then let the curtain fall, my dear

SONG FOR A THIEF
You say you're only joking but I know you mean every word you say
Is laced with stardust and applause designed to keep us all away
But only you could do the things you like to put us through
And still maintain that you're the better person

No one saw you put your hands behind your back
They only saw you laughing
Only you could get away with murder
Take another from the tray – you're paying for them anyway
I'll only say I knew you from the pictures

Half an hour just flew by
I believe you changed the time
You've got that special look in your eyes again
Oh say you put the bottles back so Jack can save his heart attack
For another time when we deserve it

No one saw you put your hands behind your back
They only saw you laughing
Only you could get away with murder
Talking up the rock stars - only you could make them seem less famous
All the while you promise not to hurt her

You see the world from the inside of your shell
You see the world from the inside

But most of all I barely know you
Take the ball and throw it farther
Half a million's merely a few miles these days
You've got that smile, and I know why - you're thinking that I recognize you
And it's true I do but only from that far away

No one saw you put your hands behind your back
They only saw you laughing
Only you could get away with murder
Pluck another from the nest and fuck her 'til you know her best
Then only say you knew her from forever
From when the angels sang

Hallelu
Hallelu
Hallelu

THE FIRST INITIAL STING
You've got two right wings in kind
But you can fly as high as any poisoned Scorpio in the sky

You get crazy when I lie
But it feels so fantastic I start lying to you all the time

Victoria is my right-hand lady
She's got her boots laced and lithium taken
She is so upright and worthy
I can slip into her and still not take up the whole thing
And open her wide with every word she sings
She only cries a little at the first initial sting

You're a fine one to accuse
The blue light special pointing at the pornographic daily news
I will bite the bullet down
And tell them that it wasn't you who kept us in this nowhere town

I’ll say Victoria is my right-hand lady
She's got her boots laced and lithium taken
She is so upright and worthy
But she likes it when her hips look pretty
And her afternoons are hot and sticky
I can slip into her and still not take up the whole thing
And open her wide with every word she sings
She only cries a little at the first initial sting

And the Johnsons do agree
That you are wasting precious time by holding out your arms to me
But if the winds are blowing wild
Then I'll change my funny name again and say I'm someone else's child

Singing Victoria is my right-hand lady
She's got her boots laced and lithium taken
She is so upright and holy
But she likes it when her thighs are smoking
And her afternoons are hot and slow
And she's got bite marks on her hips and shoulders
Her love pours out and makes her whole again
Again, again, again, again, again, again

THE FAMOUS SONG
All the reviews say you're highly promoted
You've got tattoos where you used to put needles
All of the photos are no one we know and
You bring on the charm like an army of beetles

You smile for the camera and they dress you in leather
You pretend that the songs that you sing are your own
But still you're unknown you're unknown

A barren girl in a room full of babies
She's got a lipstick that matches her clothes
And all the reviews say you must be amazing
But they never stay 'til the end of your shows

Won't you smile for the cameras so they'll hang you in picture frames
And pretend that the songs that you sing are your own
While still you're unknown you're unknown

At the hotel room they bring you an ashtray
You light up but it's only for show
You leave it alone to just sit there and smolder
We know how it feels to be one of your smokes

Won't you smile for the camera while you're tarred and feathered
We're absorbed by the words that you say are your own
And by the songs that you say that you wrote
You are adored but you still feel alone you are unknown
You are unknown

BROKEN BALLOON
Once in a while it is fine to go overboard
Swim for a spell underneath murky oceans
And fill yourself up to the top with dirty water
Then back to the surface where you take a deep breath
And then you see a world so bright and clear for a moment that peace overwhelms you
And you're not there

How can I fix you, my broken balloon?
Your eyes like the radio on sad afternoons
I think that I love you but it might be too soon
To take a stand like that
When I know you're at the bottom of the ocean sand

So I look down just to see where you're coming from
All's looking well with the sirens they're laughing and
Tossing their hair, bat their eyes just to tempt you then
Pull on your arm for to see if you'll go with them
And you see a world you don't belong to and there go our eyes meeting up again
Across the room

How can I fix you, my broken balloon?
Your hands like the talk show host on Tuesday afternoons
I'll sing that I love you but it might be too soon
To take a stand like that
When I know you're at the bottom of the ocean sand

How can I fix you, my broken balloon?
Your arms are the lovely strings that hang up the moon
I'll sing that I love you when the lavender blooms
I know it can't be bad when you've eyes like that
They're the finest wine I've ever had
And I always feel like running back when I leave whatever place you're at
And the afternoons are after all then not so sad

HAVE YOU BEEN GOOD
Have you been good - have you been swell
Oh gee, but I see by the smile on your knee
Things are well and well they should be
Since we parted darling hearts
I've gone from rags to riches
Haven't you heard from the gossips and bitches
I've castles in London, L.A. and Pa-ree
But most of all now you mean nothing to me

I've all but forgotten our strolls through the park
Your sweet café kisses your smile in the dark
Believe you me darling there's no memory
Of breakfast at seven when dancing since three
It simply means nothing
It simply means nothing to me

I have been good - I have been fine
Why I’ve a stream of lovers from across the Atlantic
Who fly over to see me all the time
And still I can see by that smile on your knee
That nothing has changed since you used to be mine
So have you been good as good as you should
Should you pass through dear Pa-ree
Do say hi

ANGIE SAY A PRAYER (THE TROUBLE SONG)
Angie drives to town turning up the radio
Still wearing midnight shoes from yesterday
With the window down the way she likes and her eyes still darkened from last night
Oh Angie won't you save the world today

She never listened when they told her
“There's a whole world you could hold
And leave behind the trouble from where you came”
But Angie said it's not so bad compared to what she could have had
And all she had to do was change her name
So she changed her name

But she's the same dear angel
Angie please don't turn away from me
I've got myself in such a mess
I don't know who to turn to next
It's the same as this time last year Angie
Say a prayer for me
You're the only one I knew to call on
You know what I mean

Angie I'm in trouble I've got all defense wings down
They've got me where they want me and I'm bound to fly away
With all your broken hearts certainly you'll certainly know what to say
Oh Angie won't you save the world today
Just like yesterday

And be the same dear angel
Angie please don't turn away from me
I've got myself in such a mess
I don't know who to turn to next
I know it's the same as this time last year Angie
Say a prayer for me
You're the only one I ever trusted
You know what I mean

She's a broken waterfall
You get it all or none at all
And I'll know where I stand by Saturday
But for now we must begin removing all the safety pins
Oh Angie help us put them all away
And she says okay

For she's the same dear angel
Angie please don't turn away from me
I've got myself in such a mess
I don't know who to run to next
I know it's the same as this time last year Angie
Say a prayer for me
You're the only one I knew who’s been there
And you know what I mean
You're the only one who ever really loved me
You know what I mean