Sunday, March 2, 2014

The World According To Jacques Brel # 3 Jef

 

Jef

 
No Jef you’re not alone
Please - stop crying
Like that, in front of everybody
Just because a half-old
Just because a fake-blonde
Dumped you – again
No Jef you’re not alone
But you know, you’re shaming me
Blubbing like that
Like a fool in front of everybody
Just because a three quarter whore
Exploded in your hands
No Jef you’re not alone
But you’re a shame to behold
We’re making a spectacle of ourselves
Let’s split this sidewalk
Come on Jef, come, come
Come I still have three cents
Let’s go drink them up
At mother Francoise’s (Penny’s ?)
Come Jef, come on I still have three cents
And if it’s not enough
Well, I still have a tab
Then we’ll go and eat
Some mussels and then some fries
Some fries and then some mussels
And some Moselle wine
And if you’re still sad
We’ll go visit the girls
At madame Andree’s
Seems that there are some new ones
And we’ll sing again as we did before
We’ll be together again
Just like when we were young
Like it was the old days
When I had money
No Jef you’re not alone
Stop pulling your faces
Pick up your hundred kilos
Move your ass
I know you have a heavy heart
But you must pick it up Jef
No Jef you’re not alone
But stop your sobbing
Stop bad mouthing yourself
Stop repeating
That you’re ready to drown
Or ready to hang
No Jef you’re not alone
But this is no longer a sidewalk
It’s become a cinema
Where people come to gawk at you
Come on Jef come come
Come, i still have my guitar
I’ll light her up for you
And we’ll be spanish (?) buskers
Jef come come
Just like when we were kids
Even if I didn’t like it then
You can do your nightingale imitation
Then we’ll find ourselves a bench
We’ll talk on America
Where you know we’ll be going
When we have some bread Jef come
And if you’re still sad
Or even if you just look sad
I’ll retell the story of how
You’ll become Rockefeller
We’ll be together again
We’ll sing again like before
When we were good looking Jef
Like when it was the time
Before we became drunkards
Come on Jef come
Yes yes Jef yes come

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