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Artist: Daniel Lavoie
Canonical path: /daniel-lavoie/bess
Related lyric paths: 6
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Bess
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Bess
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Petite coque, bateau de bois
Ballotté par la vague immense
Petite coque, jonque de bois
Qui flotte sur la mer qui danse
Oh, oh, oh, oh, Bess
Ce que tu m'émeus avec tes maladresses
Quand je m'enroule dans tes tresses
Quand je me plonge dans ta souplesse
Rame le jour, rame la nuit
Au-dessus des épaves englouties
Petit bateau, paquebot gentil
Vogue sur les vagues
Oh, oh, oh, oh, Bess
Ce que tu m'émeus avec tes maladresses
Quand tu t'étends au jardin des paresses
Je me fais chien et je te tends la laisse
Oh, oh, oh, oh, Bess
Ne vois-tu pas mes feux de détresse
Quand je me perds dans tes délicatesses
Oh, oh, oh, oh, Bess
Oh, oh, oh, oh, Bess
Ce que tu m'émeus avec tes maladresses
Quand je m'enroule dans tes tresses
Quand tu te cambres sous mes caresses
Oh, oh, oh, oh, Bess
Ce que tu m'émeus avec tes mollesses
Quand je me plonge dans ta souplesse
Oh, oh, oh, oh, Bess
Quand tu t'étends au jardin des paresses
Je me fais chien et je te tends la laisse
Oh, oh, oh, oh, Bess
Petite coque, moitié de noix
Ballotté par la vague
Petite coque, moitié de moi
Drague-moi, drague…
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