J'habite en France [English translation]

Some say French people

Live off love and fresh wine

And that all the girls here

Live in Paris Casino

Some think that champagne

Flows from Notre-Dame gargoyles

And that between two Alka-Seltzers

We live half-naked

If you listen to them, you would think

That we're hammered every morning

But I live in France

And France is not what everyone says it is

If French people sometimes complain

It's not about hangover

Paris is for sure in France

But France is also a country

Where there're but fifty millions idiots

Some think our music

Rocks like a beer from Munich

That all our female dancers are classy

But do not swing in rhythm

Some say that there's likely

A couple of cafés per inhabitants

That our tunes are marching bands

Our hits are drinking song

If you listen to them, you would think

That France lacks musicians

But I live in France

And France is not what everyone says it is

If French people sometimes complain

It's not about hangover

Paris is for sure in France

But France is also a country

Where there're not fifty millions idiots

Some think, and that's for sure

That French people stand up for themselves pretty well

All the women are here to confirm

That we make them die of pleasure

If you listen to them, you would believe

That only French people do it well

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That's why I live in France

France is much better than everyone says it is

If they dream to leave at my place

That's for a reason

• Artist:Michel Sardou
• Album:J'habite en France (1970)