P'tit blonde du boulevard brune [English translation]

Tonight, we present Manu Chao in Siberia

With energy and enthusiasm!

Universal, Siberia, Manu Chao, universal!

On Boulevard Brune it is midnight

She was blonde and so pretty

As if the fog had hazed my eyes

Under the headlights passing by

Little blonde of Boulevard Brune

I will light you up and smoke you

By the police car

on the corner of the square, you don't say anything

What's your name? I don't know!

Where are you going? I don't know anything more!

Little blonde of Boulevard Brune...

I will light you up and smoke you

There's no problem, the show is beginning...

Little blonde of Boulevard Brune

I will light you up and smoke you

On the corner of the square, my pretty blonde

By the police car, it is midnight

I look at you, you're burning away

By the police car

Where are you going? Where were you before?

I don't know, we don't say anything.

Little blonde of Boulevard Brune...

I light you up and smoke you

On the corner of the square, under the headlights' glare

I entrust you with some of my bitterness

A pro-slavery man

The kingdom of the rotten, that's me

It's Aldo, king of the rotten

The dogs are thirsty, the pigeons fly

The pond is full of golden sums

It's raining crocodile tears

Life is beautiful, the world rotten

(X4)

We live in a rotten world

In this rotten world, there are only unkind people

There are no problems...

Paris by day, Paris at night

Paris, the cops, Paris, punished

Little blonde of Boulevard Brune

And in the smoke, my misfortune

On the corner of the square, I tell you, "Come."

On the corner of the square, I say "Come on!"

Little cigarette butt under my heel

Little blonde of Boulevard Brune

Little cigarette butt under my heel

And the men in uniform in my way

One more time, are you coming?

Or are you going?

Nothing in my pockets, the night is ugly

I don't know, I don't say anything

On Boulevard Brune, it is midnight

She was blonde and so pretty

The little blonde of Boulevard Brune

There are no problems

The dogs are thirsty, the pigeons fly

The pond is full of golden sums

It's raining crocodile tears

Life is beautiful, the world rotten

(x4)

• Artist:Manu Chao