Marilyn & John [English translation]

Marilyn / paints her mouth

She thinks of John

On / ly John

Then, she smiles / and heaves a sigh

She starts humming / a song

Not sad, nor gay,

Between two, three / interviews,

Sings some sweet / swing tunes

In her bath, crazy,

Marilyn / sings his name,

For herself / invents songs

On the wedding / of a star/ with a lion.

Marilyn

Marilyn, so in love,

She calls up John, John

From secretaries / to ministries

Stays on the phone, /keeps waiting..

(It's )a mystery / affair

A state-secret

Marilyn / shifts voices

She invents / new first names

For the wed/ ding of a star /with a lion

Marilyn / so in love

It's the sto/ry of a star / and a lion

Marilyn

Marilyn / paints her mouth

She thinks of John

On / ly John

Not sad, not gay

Between two, three / interviews

It's love , oh my ! / which foams

In her bath, crazy,

Marilyn / sings his name,

For herself / invents songs

On the wedding / of a star/ with a lion.

For herself / invents songs

On the wedding / of a star/ with a lion.

For herself / invents songs

On the wedding / of a star/ with a lion.

• Artist:Vanessa Paradis
• Album:M&J (1988)