Camille
Baby Carni Bird lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2005
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:59
When I saw that I was with you, I knew
I wasn't a right at all
When I saw that I was with you, I knew
That I wasn't a right at all
My name is Baby Carni Bird, I'm the only one in the world, I'm yours
For I can fly up in the air and you can shoot me when you like, I'm yours
My name is Baby Carni Bird
La route était barrée
The road was blocked
Quand il m'a renversée
When he knocked me down
Un soir au nord de Nice
One evening north of Nice
Éblouie par les phares
Blinded by the headlights
J'ai croisé son regard
I caught his gaze
Et je me suis jetée
And I threw myself in
Ravale ta salive
Swallow your pride
Ton orgueuil de fille
Your pride as a girl
Je me suis relevée
I picked myself up
Et je lui ai donné
And I gave him
La main qu'il me restait
The hand that I had left
Mais j'avais oublié
But I had forgotten
Mon nom de jeune fille
My maiden name
Alors j'ai inventé
So I invented
My name is Baby Carni Bird, I'm the only one in the world, I'm yours
For I can fly up in the air and you can shoot me when you like, I'm yours
My name is Baby Carni Bird
Le ciel est une cime
The sky is a peak
D'où sombrent les étoiles
From where the stars sink
Et nous y sommes allés
And we went there
À travers le pare-brise
Through the windshield
J'ai vu fondre les neiges
I saw the snows melt
Des plus hauts sommets
From the highest summits
Mouillées ses babines, ses dents c'étaient des limes, ses yeux des pièges à loup
Wet her lips, her teeth were files, her eyes were wolf traps
Et ses contes de feu, de fées de cheval fou, m'empêchaient de dormir
And her tales of fire, of fairies on wild horses, kept me from sleeping
My name is Baby Carni Bird, I'm the only one in the world, I'm yours
For I can fly up in the air and you can shoot me when you like, I'm yours
My name is Baby Carni Bird
La route était barrée
The road was blocked
Quand on m'a retrouvée
When I was found
En sang au nord de Nice
Bloodied in the north of Nice
Le ciel est une cime
The sky is a peak
D'où l'on ne revient jamais
From which one never returns
Mais le dites pas à la police
But don't tell the police
Le dites pas à la police
Don't tell the police
Le dites pas à la police
Don't tell the police
Le dites pas à la police
Don't tell the police
Le dites pas à la police
Don't tell the police
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Key vocabulary
- knew
- know
- carni
- meat
- i'm
- I am
- yours
- your(s)
- can
- able
- barrée
- cut off
- renversée
- overturnedC1
- éblouie
- dazzled
- phares
- headlightsB2
- croisé
- crossedB1
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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.