Georges Ulmer — Pigalle song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Pigalle" by Georges Ulmer.

Lyrics

C’est un' rue
C’est un' place
C’est même tout un quartier,
On en parle, on y passe
On y vient du monde entier.
Perchée au flanc de Paname
De loin elle vous sourit,
Car elle reflète l'âme
La douceur et l’esprit de Paris
Un p’tit jet d’eau
Un' station de métro
Entourée de bistrots,
Pigalle.
Grands magasins
Ateliers de rapins
Restaurants pour rupins,
Pigalle
Là, c’est l’chanteur des carr’fours
Qui fredonn' les succès du jour,
Ici, l’athlète en maillot
Qui soulèv' les poids d’cent kilos,
Hôtels meublés
Discrèt'ment éclairés
Où l’on n’fait que passer,
Pigalle
Et vers minuit
Un refrain qui s’enfuit,
D’une boite de nuit,
Pigalle.
On y croise
Des visages
Communs et sensationnels,
on y parle des langages
Comme à la tour de Babel
Et quand vient le crépuscule
C’est le grand marché d’amour,
C’est le coin où déambulent
Ceux qui prennent la nuit pour le jour.
Girls et mann’quins,
Gitan’s aux yeux malins
Qui lisent dans les mains,
Pigalle
Clochards, cam’lots
Tenanciers de bistrots,
Trafiquants de coco,
Pigalle
P’tit’s femm’s qui vous sourient
En vous disant: «Tu viens chéri «Et Prosper qui dans un coin
Discrèt'ment surveill' son gagn' pain,
Un p’tit jet d’eau,
Un' station de métro,
Entourée de bistrots,
Pigalle
Ça vit, ça gueul'
Les gens diront c’qu’ils veul’nt
Mais au monde y a qu’un seul
Pigalle.

Lyrics translation

It's a street
It's a place
It's even a whole neighborhood,
We talk about it, we move on
We come from all over the world.
Perched on the flank of Paname
From afar she smiles at you,
Because it reflects the soul
The sweetness and spirit of Paris
A little jet of water
A ' metro station
Surrounded by bistros,
Pigalle.
Department stores
Robbery workshops
Restaurants for rupins,
Pigalle
This is the singer of the Carr'fors
Who humdonn ' the successes of the day,
Here, the athlete in the jersey
Who lifts the weights of a hundred kilos,
Furnished hotels
Discreetly lit
Where we just pass,
Pigalle
And around midnight
A chorus that runs away,
From a nightclub,
Pigalle.
We cross it
Face
Common and sensational,
we talk about languages
As in the Tower Of Babel
And when the twilight comes
This is the Great Love market,
This is the corner where they wander
Those who take the night for the day.
Girls and Mann'quins,
Gypsy's with evil eyes
Who read in the hands,
Pigalle
Bums, Cam ' lots
Owners of bistros,
Coconut traffickers,
Pigalle
P'tit's women who smile at you
By saying to yourself, "you come darling" and Prosper who in a corner
Discreetly surveill 'his gagn' bread,
A little jet of water,
A ' metro station,
Surrounded by bistros,
Pigalle
It lives, it sucks'
People will say what they want
But in the world there is only one
Pigalle.