Mélissa [English translation]

Mélissa, mestiza of Ibiza

Lives always undressed

Never say I told you that

Or Mélissa kills me

In the morning behind her sun visor

While she is half-naked

On the walls, in front of Mélissa's

There's plenty of strangers

"Come down, this, it's forbidden,

Oh! It's indecent!"

She shouts but of course

No one comes down.

Under the silk of her slit skirt

In zoom, in close-up,

All a bunch of people

Film in black and white

Mélissa, mestiza of Ibiza

Has her breasts all pointed

Never say I told you that

Or Mélissa kills me!

"Come down, this, it's forbidden

Looking1 into the people's houses"

She shouts but of course

There's never a police officer

She shouts, it's lost time

No one hears her.

In the police they're all sellout

Ten years that she's waiting

Mélissa, mestiza of Ibiza

Still has her virtue

Never say I told you that

Or Mélissa kills me!

Oh! Look at my mestiza!

Oh! My mestiza is naked!

Oh! Look at my mestiza!

Oh! My mestiza is naked!

Mélissa, mestiza of Ibiza

Lives always undressed

Never say I told you that

I've never seen you

In the morning behind her sun visor

Then I sell telescopes

But if Mélissa knows it

Then it's me who kill you!

[x2]

Oh! Look at my mestiza!

Oh! My mestiza is naked!

Oh! Look at my mestiza!

Oh! My mestiza is naked!

1. In the French text, the author uses a slang word stronger than just looking.

• Artist:Julien Clerc
• Album:Aime-moi (1984)