Alizée
Jeune fille lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2013
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 2:35
Tu m'dis que le monde est à refaire
You tell me the world needs rebuilding
Avec ta chemise à défaire
With your shirt to be undone
Que certains n'ont pas de toit
That some have no roof
Et toi, veux-tu de moi?
And you, do you want me?
Tu dis que si ça continue
You say that if this goes on
Notre espèce aura disparu
Our kind will have vanished
Mais je ne t'écoutes pas
But I'm not listening to you
Alors si j'étais toi...
So if I were you...
Je chanterais lalala
I would sing lalala
Si tu savais
If you only knew
Tu chanterais yeah yeah yeah
You would sing yeah yeah yeah
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Tu m'dis qu'le plus important
You tell me that the most important
C'est d'être beau en dedans
Is to be beautiful inside
Comme toi en dehors
Like you are on the outside
Qui parle aux vieux, comme à des morts
Who speaks to the old, as if to the dead
Je n'ai pas d'idée sur la question
I have no idea on the matter
Pas d'avis, pas d'opinion
No opinion, no view
Mais je sais ce que je veux
But I know what I want
Alors si j'étais toi...
So if I were you...
Je chanterais lalala
I would sing lalala
Si tu savais
If only you knew
Tu chanterais yeah yeah yeah
You would sing yeah yeah yeah
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Jeune fille j'ai pas le temps
Young girl, I don't have the time
Jeune fille tout est devant
Young girl, everything is ahead
Jeune fille dans le décor
Young girl, in the scenery
Jeune fille j'oublie la mort
Young girl, I forget about death
Jeune fille le regard des autres
Young girl, the gaze of others
Jeune fille c'est pas ma faute
Young girl, it's not my fault
Jeune fille j'ai pas le temps
Young girl, I don't have the time
Alors si j'étais toi...
So if I were you...
Je chanterais lalala
I would sing lalala
Si tu savais
If only you knew
Tu chanterais yeah yeah yeah
You would sing yeah yeah yeah
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah Yeah
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Key vocabulary
- espèce
- speciesB1
- aura
- will haveB2
- disparu
- disappeared
- écoutes
- listen
- alors
- thenA1
- chanterais
- would sing
- lalala
- nonsense
- savais
- knew
- plus
- moreA1
- beau
- beautifulA1
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About this song
Alizée is a French pop singer known for her early 2000s hits, including the debut single “Moi… Lolita” and the album Gourmandises. She is noted for high record sales and recognition as a top newcomer in major French music awards.