I am the royal heir of the Place Dauphine
And just now the Place Blanche doesn't look so good
The dairy trucks are full of milk
The street-sweepers are full of brooms
It is five o'clock
Paris awakes
Paris awakes
The transvestites go to shave
The strippers pull their clothes back on
Bolster pillows are fully crushed
And the lovers are fatigued
It is five o'clock
Paris awakes
Paris awakes
The morning coffee is in the cups
The cafes clean their windows
And on the Boulevard Montparnasse
The train station is nothing but a carcass
It is five o'clock
Paris awakes
Paris awakes
Commuters are in the stations
At La Villette we slice the bacon
Paris by night, returns to the train cars
The bakers are kneed their dough
It is five o'clock
Paris awakes
Paris awakes
The Eiffel Tower has cold feet
The Arc de Triomphe is revived
And the Obelisk is drawn
Between night and day
It is five o'clock
Paris awakes
Paris awakes
The morning papers are off the press
The manual laborers are depressed
The people get up, they are bullied
It is the time when I go to sleep
It is five o'clock (a.m.)
Paris awakes
It is five o'clock
I'm not sleepy