Serge Gainsbourg — Melody song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Melody" by Serge Gainsbourg.

Lyrics

Les ailes de la Rolls effleuraient des pylґnes
Quand m'(c)tant malgr moi (c)gar© Nous arrivўmes ma Rolls et moi dans une zone
Dangereuse, un endroit isol© L -bas, sur le capot de cette Silver Ghost
De dix-neuf cent dix s’avance en (c)claireur
La V (c)nus d’argent du radiateur
Dont les voiles l (c)gers volent aux avant-postes
Hautaine, d (c)daigneuse, tandis que hurle le poste
De radio couvrant le silence du moteur
Elle fixe l’horizon et l’esprit ailleurs
Semble tout ignorer des trottoirs que j’accoste
Ruelles, culs-de-sac aux stationnements
Interdits par la loi, le coeur indiff (c)rent
Elle tient le mors de mes vingt-six chevaux-vapeurs
Prince des t (c)nbres, archange maudit,
Amazone modern' style que le sculpteur,
En anglais, surnomma Spirit of Ecstasy
Ainsi je d (c)connais avant que je ne perde
Le contrґle de la Rolls. J’avan§ ais lentement
Ma voiture d (c)riva et un heurt violent
Me tira soudain de ma rЄverie. Merde!
J’aper§ us une roue de v (c)lo l’avant,
Qui continuait de rouler en roue libre,
Et comme une poup (c)e qui perdait l'(c)quilibre
La jupe retrouss (c)e sur ses pantalons blancs
«Tu t’appelles comment?
— Melody
— Melody comment?
— Melody Nelson.»
Melody Nelson a des cheveux rouges
Et c’est leur couleur naturelle.

Lyrics translation

The wings of the Rolls touched pylons
When m'(c)so much malgr me (c) gar© we arrive ma Rolls and me in an area
Dangerous, an isolated place© l-bas, on the hood of this Silver Ghost
Nineteen hundred ten advances in (c)clearing
The V (C) bare silver radiator
Whose sails l (c) gers fly to outposts
Haughty, d (c)deigneuse, while screaming the post
Of radio covering the silence of the engine
It sets the horizon and the mind elsewhere
Seems to ignore all of the sidewalks I dock
Alleys, ass-de-sac to parking lots
Prohibited by law, the indifferent heart (c)rent
She's holding the jaws of my twenty - six steamers.
Prince of T (c)nbres, cursed Archangel,
Amazone modern ' style as the sculptor,
In English, nicknomma Spirit Of Ecstasy
So I d (c)know before I lose
The control of the Rolls. I'm moving slowly
My car d (c) riva and a violent crash
He suddenly pulled me out of my life. Shit!
I aper§ us a wheel of V (C) lo the front,
Who continued to ride freewheel,
And as a pup (c)e that lost the (C) balance
The skirt retruss (c)e on her white pants
"What's your name?
- Melody
- Melody how?
- Melody Nelson.»
Melody Nelson has red hair
And this is their natural color.