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Artist: Serge Gainsbourg
Canonical path: /serge-gainsbourg/torrey-canyon
Related lyric paths: 6
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Torrey Canyon
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Torrey Canyon
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Je suis né
Dans les chantiers japonais,
En vérité, j'appartiens
Aux Américains
Une filiale
D'une compagnie navale
Dont j'ai oublié l'adresse
À Los Angeles
Cent vingt mill' tonn's de pétrol' brut,
Cent vingt mill' tonn's
Dans le Torrey Canyon
Aux Bermudes
À trent' degrés de latitud'
Se tient la Barracuda
Tankers Corporation
Son patron
M'a donné en location
À l'Union Oil Company
De Californie
Cent vingt mill' tonn's de pétrol' brut,
Cent vingt mill' tonn's
Dans le Torrey Canyon
Si je bats
Pavillon du Liberia
Le cap'tain et les marins
Sont tous italiens
Le mazout,
Dont on m'a rempli les soutes,
C'est celui du Consortium
British Petroleum
Cent vingt mill' tonn's espèc' de bruts,
Cent vingt mill' tonn's
Dans le Torrey Canyon
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