Leaden sun in the morning
I think of you
I enjoyed the last night
Your mouth, your voice
the trajectory-escalators
your body in Paris, somewhere.
The boulevard, the deserted cafés
I think of you
Sitting outside, nothing much to do
what sense does that make
a day to waste in the summer
with both your keys in my pocket?
Bang, bang, in the middle of the sidewalk
I won't go to museums
The very begining of a love story
is more beautiful than a public urinal
painted by Marcel Duchamp1, baby.
At noon I will wait for the night to come
At 2 PM I will wait for darkness to come
The very begining of a love story
is better than a good old Godard2 movie,
better than a climatized popcorn.
The posters, the Australian girls
I think of you
In the back of a Citroën garage
your mouth, your voice
the bumbags near the Sacré Coeur
ten thousand camcorders in heat3.
Or else on the watershore
I think of you
Or else we sleep in an office
What sense does that make
to pair in a plastic bag
Peter Falk and the Tindersticks?
Bang, bang, in the middle of the sidewalk
I will not go on a sightseeing cruise over the Seine4
The very begining of a love story
is better than a "On your left
you can see the Assemblée5"
At 6 PM I'm waiting for the night to come
staring at your neighbourhood
but the begining of a love story
has not much to do
with sold off cloth6
Leaden sun in the morning
I think of you
I enjoyed the last night
The posters, the Australian girls
I think of you
in the back of a Citroën garage
Bang, bang, in the middle of the sidewalk
At 6 PM, I'm waiting for the night to come.
Bang, bang, bang, bang.
1. magic wiki even has the key of this obscure reference2. that's the man3. can mean "in heat" or "under the heat", the ambiguity is intentional4. "bateaux mouche" are boats for tourists. Here the author creates the verb "bateau-moucher", meaning "have a ride on these boats"5. The "Assemblée Nationale" is one of the two chambers of the French parliament. Its building is located on the Seine, next to the famous Orsay museum6. probable allusion to the "marché St Pierre", a few streets located below the Sacré Choeur with numerous cloth shops