Belleville Rendezvous:

[wednes]

I'm sure you all know that i never EVER post song lyrics in my journal.
Well, i'm here to tell you, that you know nothing:

BELLEVILLE RENDEZ-VOUS
From the movie "Les Triplettes de Belleville"
Lyrics by Sylvain Chomet
Composition by Benoît Charest
Arrangement by Mathieu Chedid (M)
Transcribed by Félix Gregoire



J'veux pas finir mes jours à Tombouctou
La peau tirée par des machines à clous
Moi je veux être fripée
Triplement fripée
Fripée comme une Triplette de Belleville

J'veux pas finir ma vie à Acapulco
Danser toute raide avec des gigolos
Moi je veux être tordue
Triplement tordue
Balancée comme une Triplette de Belleville

Refrain:
Swinging Belleville rendez-vous
Marathon dancing doop dee doo
Vaudou Cancan balais taboo
Au Belleville swinging rendez-vous

J'veux pas finir ma vie à Singapour
Jouer au dico manger des petits fours
Moi j'veux être zidiote
Triplement zidiote
Gondolée comme une Triplette de Belleville

J'veux pas finir ma vie à Honolulu
Chanter comme un zoiseau ça n'se fait plus
Je veux ma voix brisée
Triplement brisée
Swinguer comme une Triplette de Belleville

Refrain

J'veux pas finir ma vie à Constantinople
C'est bien trop dur de faire des rimes en "nople"
Je veux être givrée (Hop!)
Triplement Givrée (Hop Hop!)
La quadrature des Triplettes de Belleville

J'pourrai finir ma vie à Katmandou
C'est bien plus doux de faire des rimes en "dou"
Mais je veux être givrée
Complètement Givrée
Et swinguer comme les Tripletes de Belleville
(Allez les filles!)

The problem, of course, is that I took Spanish and not French, so I only have the vaguest sence of what this is trying to say.
Anyone know where a person can locate the English lyrics?
How about a translation?

Comments

[madush69.livejournal.com]

J'veux not to finish my days to Tombouctou The pulled skin by machines to nails Me I want to be crumpled
Triply crumpled Crumpled as a Triplette of Belleville

J'veux not to finish my life to Acapulco To Dance all stiff one with gigolos Me I want to be twisted Triply
twisted Balanced as a Triplette of Belleville

Refrain: Swinging Belleville appointments Marathon dance hall doop dee doo Vaudou Gossip brooms taboo To The
Belleville swinging appointments

J'veux not to finish my life to Singapore To Play dico to eat small ovens Me j'veux to be zidiote Triply
Crinkled zidiote as a Triplette of Belleville

J'veux not to finish my life to Honolulu To Sing as a zoiseau that n'se does more I want my broken one Triply
broken voice Swinguer as a Triplette of Belleville

Refrain

J'veux not to finish my life to Constantinople THIS IS well too hard to do the rhyme in "nople" I want frost over (Hop!) Triply frosted over (Hop
Hop!) The quadrature of the Triplettes of Belleville

J'pourrai to finish my life to Katmandou THIS IS well more soft to do the rhyme in "dou" But I want frost over
Completely frosted over And swinguer as the Tripletes of Belleville (Go the girls!)

Mac sherlock transaltion results

[uterdic.livejournal.com]

I do not want to finish my days with Tombouctou the skin drawn by
machines with nails Me I want to be fripée Triplement fripée Fripée
like Triplette of Belleville

I do not want to finish my life with very stiff Acapulco Danser
with gigolos Me I want to be twisted Triplement twisted Balancée like
Triplette of Belleville

Refrain: Swinging Belleville go Marathon dance hall doop dee
doo Vaudou Cancan balas taboo To Belleville swinging go

I do not want to finish my life in Singapore Jouer the
dictionary eating small furnaces Me I want to be zidiote Triplement
zidiote Gondolée like Triplette of Belleville

I do not want to finish my life with Honolulu Chanter as a
zoiseau that is not done any more I want my voice broken Triplement
broken Swinguer like Triplette of Belleville

Refrain

I do not want to finish my life in Constantinople It is well
too hard to make rhymes in "nople" I want to be frosted (Hop!) Three
times over Frosted (Hop Hop!) The squaring of Triplettes of
Belleville

I will be able to finish my life with Katmandou They are much
softer to make rhymes in "dou" But I want to be frosted Complètement
Frosted And swinguer as Tripletes of Belleville (Go the girls!)