Francis Cabrel
Lisa lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 1985
- Genre
- French Pop
- Length
- 3:48
Lisa nos barques en papier dans le grand bassin bleu
Lisa, our paper boats in the big blue basin
Tes premiers pinceaux de noir pour les yeux
Your first black brushes for the eyes
Tu disais souvent on vivra ailleurs
You often said we’ll live somewhere else
Je courais me cacher quand je voulais que tu pleures
I ran away to hide when I wanted you to cry
Quelques hommes jouent encore comme des enfants cruels
Some men still play like cruel children
Ce soir Odessa s'endort sous le ciel
Tonight, Odessa falls asleep under the sky
Lisa c'est partout les mêmes les fumées des avions
Lisa, it’s everywhere the same, the smoke from airplanes
T'es juste du mauvais côté de l'horizon
You’re just on the wrong side of the horizon
Les seuls trains qui partent sont des trains de banlieue
The only trains that leave are suburban trains
T'as beau tendre tes mains y'a tout ce vide au milieu
No matter how much you reach out, there’s all this emptiness in between
Et tes chansons retombent aux pianos des hôtels
And your songs fall back to the pianos of hotels
Pendant qu'Odessa s'endort sous le ciel
While Odessa drifts off beneath the sky
Il me reste le nom que tu portes
I still have the name that you wear
J'imagine le son de ta voix
I imagine the sound of your voice
Un beau jour c'est certain tu t'envoleras
One fine day it's certain you'll take flight
Lisa des soldats surveillent les camions de courrier
Lisa soldiers watch over the mail trucks
Tes mots en reviennent tout déshabillés
Your words come back all undressed
Quelques hommes jouent encore comme des enfants cruels
Some men still play like cruel children
Sans doute Odessa s'endort sous le ciel
No doubt Odessa drifts off beneath the sky
Il me reste le nom que tu portes
I still have the name that you wear
J'imagine le son de ta voix
I imagine the sound of your voice
Un beau jour c'est certain tu t'envoleras
One fine day, it's certain you'll take flight
Lisa, accrochée aux ailes des oiseaux dissidents
Lisa, clinging to the wings of the dissenting birds
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Key vocabulary
- soldats
- soldiersA2
- nom
- nameA1
- barques
- boatsB1
- papier
- paperA2
- bassin
- basinB1
- bleu
- blueA1
- pinceaux
- paintbrushes
- yeux
- eyes
- disais
- said
- vivra
- will live
About this song
Francis Cabrel is a French singer-songwriter known for his French-language songwriting and major commercial success. He became a staple of French pop music with chart-topping albums and singles, including the hit “Je l’aime à mourir,” and is also noted for recording French-language covers of Bob Dylan.