Le chanteur [English translation]

Here I am my name is Henry,

I would like a successful life,

To be loved.

To be good-looking, to make good money,

And above all to be smart,

but for all of this, I would have to work full time.

I can sing - I do for my friends,

I want to make hit songs, I want it to workout, really workout.

I want to write a trendy song,

A merry, chic, catchy tune

To have them dancing at Mr Durand's parties.

And in each and every street,

I want them to talk about me,

I want the girls to be naked,

I want them to throw themselves at me, May they admire me, may they kill me,

May they fight over my vertue.

For the girls from my teenage years, I would become an idol,

I want them every night, out of breath in their bed,

To cheat on their husbands,

In their infatuated dreams.

After that, I will do galas,

My audience will bow before me, before me...

Concerts of 100,000 people,

Where even the Parisian high society is amazed,

And gives a standing ovation for the show to go on.

And in each and every street,

I want them to talk about me,

I want the girls to be naked,

I want them to throw themselves at me,

May they admire me, may they kill me,

May they fight over my vertue.

And when I will have had enough of being their idol,

I will get back on stage just like in the golden years,

I will pretend to cry, and I will say goodbye.

And the following year, I will act just the same,

And the following year, I will act just the same,

I'll prostitute myself for posterity...

Girls in their teenage years

Will say I'm a faggot,

They'll say my eyes sweat of alcohol, and I'd better stop right away,

They'll burn my aureole,

They'll spit on my past.

And then I will be old,

And I could just die,

I'll look for a God that can forgive me for everything,

I want to die miserable, to regret nothing,

I want to die miserable...

• Artist:Daniel Balavoine
• Album:Le chanteur (1978)