Le chanteur [English translation]

Let me introduce myself, my name is Henri,

I'm hoping for a successful life, to be loved

To be handsome, to make money,

And above all to be smart,

But to get all that, I would have to work full-time

I'm a singer, I sing for my friends

I want to make hit songs, I want them to do well, to do well

I want to write a trendy song,

A merry, chic, and catchy tune

To make people dance at the average Joe's parties

And everywhere on the street

I want to be talked about

I want girls to be naked

And to throw themselves at me

May they admire me, may they kill me

May they fight for my virtue

For my former school classmates

Become an idol

I want them every night

As they get out of breath

To cheat on their husbands

In their forsaken dreams

After that, I will do galas,

My audience will bow before me

Concerts of a hundred thousand people

Where even the high Paris society is amazed,

And stands up to support the show

And everywhere on every street

I want to be talked about

I want girls to be naked

And to throw themselves at me

May they admire me, may they kill me

May they fight for my virtue

And then when I'm fed up

Of being their idol

I will get back on stage

Like in the twenties

I'll make my eyes cry

I'll say my goodbyes

And then the year after that

I will do it again

And the year after that

I will do it again

I will prostitute myself

All for posterity

The younger girls from my school

Will say I'm a faggot

That my eyes reek of alcohol

That I should stop

They will burn my halo

Tarnish my past

And by then I will be old

So I'll kick the bucket

I'll look for a God

To forgive me everything

I want to die unhappy

So that I don't regret anything

I want to die unhappy

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