Camille
1, 2, 3 lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2002
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 2:36
1, 2, 3
Y en a un de trop
There's one too many
C'est pas toi c'est l'autre
It's not you, it's the other one.
Assis en face un soir
Sitting across one evening
Beau comme un étranger
Beautiful like a stranger
On a échangé un regard
We exchanged a glance
Et maintenant je veux t'échanger
And now I want to trade you
1, 2, 3
C'était mieux à deux
It was better as two
Les yeux dans les yeux
Eyes locked in a gaze
Mais pas deux sans trois
But not two without three
Je veux vivre sans toi
I want to live without you
Ou bien tout se trouble
Or everything gets blurry
Je croise son double au détour des rues
I cross his double around the street corners
Quand je suis dans tes bas
When I'm in your stockings
Je ne vois plus que lui
I see nothing but him
Assis en face un soir
Sitting across one evening
Beau comme un étranger
Handsome like a stranger
On a échangé un regard
We exchanged a glance
Et maintenant je veux t'échanger
And now I want to exchange you
Assis en face un soir
Sitting across one evening
Beau comme un étranger
Beautiful like a stranger
On a échangé un regard
We exchanged a glance
Et je veux t'échanger
And I want to exchange you
Je veux t'échanger
I want to exchange you
1, 2, 3
Mon soleil c'était toi
You were my sunshine
Je suis perdue
I am lost
3, 2, 1
C'est trois fois mieux toute seule
It's three times better alone
Sans compte à régler et puis de deux perdus
No debts to settle, and then two lost
Dix de retrouvés
Ten rediscovered
Dix de retrouvés
Ten rediscovered
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Key vocabulary
- soir
- eveningA1
- trop
- tooA1
- vivre
- liveA1
- autre
- other
- assis
- seatedC1
- beau
- beautifulA1
- étranger
- foreignA1
- échangé
- tradedA1
- regard
- lookB1
- maintenant
- nowA1
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About this song
Camille, French singer-songwriter and actress, works in avant-pop and electronic-influenced chanson, and is known for her early vocal work with Nouvelle Vague and for the breakthrough album Le Fil with “Ta Douleur.” She is also associated with experimental live percussion and a crossover presence in film, including providing “Le Festin” for Ratatouille’s French release and dubbing Collette.