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Artist: Serge Gainsbourg
Canonical path: /serge-gainsbourg/ballade-de-johnny-jane
Related lyric paths: 6
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Ballade de Johnny Jane
Read Ballade de Johnny Jane lyrics by Serge Gainsbourg on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Ballade de Johnny Jane
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Hey Johnny Jane
Te souviens-tu du film de Gainsbourg Je t'aime
JE T'AIME MOI NON PLUS un joli thème
Hey Johnny Jane
Toi qui traînes tes baskets et tes yeux candides
Dans les no man's land et les lieux sordides
Hey Johnny Jane
Les décharges publiques sont des atlantides
Que survolent les mouches cantharides
Oh Johnny Jane
Tous les camions à benne
Viennent y déverser bien des peines infanticides
Hey Johnny Jane
Tu balades tes cheveux courts ton teint livide
A la recherche de ton amour suicide
Hey Johnny Jane
Du souvenir veux-tu trancher la carotide
A coups de pieds dans les conserves vides
Oh Johnny Jane
Le beau camion à benne
Te transportera de bonheur en bonheur sous les cieux limpides
Hey Johnny Jane
Ne fais pas l'enfant ne sois pas si stupide
Regarde les choses en face sois lucide
Hey Johnny Jane
Efface tout ça, recommence, liquide
De ta mémoire ces brefs instants torrides
Oh Johnny Jane
Un autre camion à benne
Viendra te prendre pour t'emmener vers d'autres Florides
Hey Johnny Jane
Toi qui traînes tes baskets et tes yeux candides
Dans les no man's land et les lieux sordides
Hey Johnny Jane
Écrase un poing rageur ton oeil humide
Le temps ronge l'amour comme l'acide
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Serge Gainsbourg performs "Ballade de Johnny Jane", and this lyric page sits inside the Serge Gainsbourg catalog on LyroVerse.
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