Je respire l'air doux de la cité
Cité, cité ah-ah
On circule aux couleurs des néons
Néons, néons ah-ah
Je m'imagine dans un film Français
Français, Français ah-ah
Dans cette foutue mercedes blanche
Dans cette foutue mercedeeeees!

La nuit
Cette nuit
Oh nuit - ho la nuit sans fin!

La nuit
Cette nuit
Oh nuit - ho la nuit sans fin!

Minuit j'suis si high à la party
Party, party ah-ah
Le mix de gelée vodka et le beat
Le beat, le beat ah-ah
Tu flashes sur ce balcon de Paris
Paris, Paris ah-ah
Et m'excites avec ton look risqué!
Tu m'excites avec ton looook!

La nuit
Cette nuit
Oh nuit - ho la nuit sans fin!

La nuit
Cette nuit
Oh nuit - ho la nuit sans fin!

Cherche la tombe de Gainsbourg à six heures
Six heures, six heures ah-ah
Nos coeurs cocaine à Montparnasse
Coca, coca ah-ah
On assassine un de ces airs!
Ces airs, ces airs ah-ah
'Joue à cache cache 'vec le matin
Jouns à cache cache!

La nuit
Cette nuit
Oh nuit - ho la nuit sans fin!

La nuit
Cette nuit
Oh nuit - ho la nuit sans fin!

La nuit
Cette nuit
Oh nuit - ho la nuit sans fin!

La nuit
Cette nuit
Oh nuit - ho la nuit sans fin!

La nuit
Cette nuit
Oh nuit - ho la nuit sans fin!

La nuit
Cette nuit
Oh nuit - ho la nuit sans fin!



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"La Nuit" as written by Delia Gaitskell Suzanne Powell

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    General Comment:City, in french usually means the rough part of a city. Otherwise they use ville or grande ville
    Flag pumpkinsheepon August 29, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:i don't think you should be analyzing this song like this.
    Perhaps they write in French and German in there songs not only and mainly for the translation of the word but also for the sound.

    Even though it is nice to understand what they are talking about one should enjoy the sounds, beat and music.

    I know a little french and i like knowing only a few of the line.

    It is fun to gain your own interpretation of it.

    If they wanted a solid and exact meaning they would have written in english.
    Flag VinceNoiron January 24, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:iTapes and gracefulstalker you are completely right I think, Serge Gainsbourg's influence is in it... and he also wrote a song called Love on the Beat, which was meant to sound like the French word bite, so it makes sense : )
    Such a good song
    Love the Robots and Gainsbourg X
    Flag lovecat77on January 09, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:might I add another explsination for flasher? :D

    Could mean like flashing your boobs ( like lifting your top for a couple of seconds for a laugh)

    I could quite easily imagine the Robots doing that of a Parisian balcony :D
    Flag electro nonceon August 30, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I breathe the sweet air of the city
    City, city, ah-ah.
    It circulates the neon colors
    Neon, neon, ah-ah.
    I imagine a film in French
    french, french, ah-ah.
    In this bloated white Mercedes
    In this bloated Mercedes.

    The night,
    tonight,
    Oh night, oh night without end.

    Midnight I'm so high at the party.
    party, party ah-ah.
    The mix of vodka gelée and the beat
    the beat, the beat ah-ah.
    You flash on the balcony of Paris
    paris, paris, ah-ah.
    And me excited, with your look risky,
    you with your exiting look.

    The night,
    tonight,
    Oh night, oh night without end.

    The night,
    tonight,
    Oh night, oh night without end.

    Search the tomb of Gainsbourg for six hours,
    six hours, six hours ah-ah.
    Our hearts, cocaine, at Montparnasse
    cocaine, cocaine, ah-ah.
    It assassinates one of these tunes
    These tunes, these tunes ah-ah.
    it plays hide and seek in the morning,
    plays hide and seek.

    The night,
    tonight,
    Oh night, oh night without end.

    ETCETERA...
    Flag trixie-trashon May 29, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Cool, thanks for the correction :D
    Flag gracefulstalkeron May 20, 2008   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:Oh sorry, my explanations were not clear.

    We pronounce "bite" (in French, the jargon word for penis) quite as "beat" in English and not as "to bite" (as "this dog bite me"). You're totally right, gracefulstalker. I spoke about the way it is written (B-I-T-E).

    And this is "LA bite" (feminine word) and not "LE bite" in french.

    So the word in the song is "beat" (music). In France (and Belgium too), we often use english word like this one.

    I am absolutely sure of it :)
    Flag oskitzon May 15, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Actually, sorry oskitz I think I misunderstood. The pronunciation of the French word "bite" is the same as the pronunciation of the English word "beat", is it not?
    Flag gracefulstalkeron May 13, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Oskitz, could it be a regional thing? Because I lived with a French girl for a while, she's from near Montpellier, and she definitely said it was "beat".
    Flag gracefulstalkeron May 13, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:No, the slang word for penis is "bite" (as your verb "to bite"). "Le beat" simply means "the beat". No mystery at all about this sentence :)

    Then, "flasher" could mean "to fall in love at first sight" but there is another meaning. You could use "flasher" when you're high on crack or something else (not necesarely) and you have hallucinations. You know : "est-ce un éléphant rose là en bas ou est-ce moi qui flashe ?" ("Is this a pink elephant or am I just "flashing" ?")

    "Assasiner un de ces airs" means... to sing in an awfully way a melody (a famous one I guess, "un de ces" means one of thoses timeless melodies but I'm not sure). You know, when you are drunk and you try to sing a song (very loudly most of the time) but the result is awfull ?

    And finally, "la tombe de Gainsbourg" is his grave. "Tombe" is "Tombeau", exactly the same meaning.
    Flag oskitzon April 03, 2008   Link

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