Tu es ma mademoiselle
Tu es ma petite poubelle
Je chercherai des ordures pour toi
Et je commencerai dedans mes pantalons

Dans votre oeil se trouve une petite pleur
Mais je ne suis pas un autre Coeur
Tu sais tu es ma petite fleur
Avec une plotte qui est comme du beurre

Tu es ma mademoiselle
Tu es ma petite poubelle
Je chercherai des ordures pour toi
Et je commencerai dedans mes pantalons

[English translation]

[Chorus]

You are my miss
You are my little garbage can
I'll look for garbage for you
I'll start in my pants

In your game, I want a little flower
I'm not a man without a heart
You know you are a little flower
With a door that's like butter

[Chorus]



Lyrics submitted by final_notice41

Track duration: 00:56

"Ma Poubelle" as written by Deryck Jason Whibley

Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing

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    My Interpretation:I don't really like searching the meaning behind the lyrics, as I already see a meaning behind the song as a whole. I think it is interesting that the first time I heard the song I thought it was a french love song. But that just felt to simple for Sum 41, so I obviously looked up the lyrics. That they were this *random* didn't surprize me.

    Sure, it is not that random, but Sum 41 obviously messed around with grammar and forgot to make actual sentences on occasion. things aren't always what they seem, that's what I like to see behind it. It's probably not at all what Sum 41 was going for, but it is just as beautiful. It is a dirty song, but anyone who doesn't speak French wouldn't think that when they hear it.

    Justs my thoughts on it, I like to make things more complicated then they are :p
    Flag Maplestripon January 14, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:oooops i forgot one line....
    Tu sais tu es ma petite fleur (you are my little flower)......
    and cutie is a fag...its by Sum 41...best canadian punk band ever...they kick blink 182's ass....and in the song they do use ma....and they are canadian...their legally obligated to know french...they know it better than you...maybe you think Deryck is saying mon cuz:
    A: Your ears are fucking screwed up
    B: You are hearing M in mademoiselle and mistaking m for n
    C: Your a homosexual fag
    or D : You cant speak french yourself...so you blame others on you suckin at it....
    OOOOOO i made Pain for Pleasure on guitar hero 4....i am god of games
    Flagged sum41kicksasson March 25, 2009   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!NO ONE CAN SPEAK FRENCH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!Ill translate it properly...not with some dumbshit online translator...OK here we go....
    Tu es mas mademoiselle (You are my miss(lady that isnt married))
    Tu es ma petite poubelle (You are my little garbage can)
    Je chercherai des ordures pour toi (I shall search for garbage for you)
    Et je commencerai dedans mes pantalons (And I will begin inside my pants)

    Dans votre oeil je trouve une petite pleur (Inside your eye I find a tear (pleur literally means watering, cry, or tear)
    Mais je ne suis pas un autre coeur (But I am not another heart)
    Avec une plotte qui est comme du beurre (With a pussy(vagina for fags) that is like butter)

    last part is the first 4 lines of the song....
    my god people need to go and learn french...its easy as fuck to learn...but it sounds gay
    Flag sum41kicksasson March 25, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:haha this song is funny!
    Flag snowgirl143on January 21, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:cutie.xo is so right. i live in quebec so i'm pretty french haha, this song reminds me of all the dirty old frenchmen here.


    i kind of love it.
    Flag frannyb3anon October 16, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Steve wrote it but isn't that fluent in speaking it. Deryck is, however, and that's why he sings it instead of Steve.

    and yes, it's a song about sex... Steve wrote it while he was drunk one night.
    Flag veloriumcaptainon March 29, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:the lyrics seem right to me.
    Quite obvious when you read the translation,
    what it means.
    Flag walkingxdisasteron March 12, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:im fluent in french just so you know...
    ma poubelle means my trash. in french slang, that means my little whore. it is a song about sex. it's magnificent. i've heard better french offensive-sex-songs though...
    Flag killerqueen92791on March 05, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:also the french lyrics arent right up there its:

    Tu es mon madamoiselle
    Tu es mon petite poubelle
    Je chercherai des ordures pour toi
    Je commencerai dedans mes pantalons

    Dans votre yeux je trouve une petite pleur
    je ne suis pas un autre Coeur
    Tu sais tu es ma petite fleur
    Avec une plotte qui est comme du beurre

    Tu es mon madamoiselle
    Tu es mon petite poubelle
    Je chercherai des ordures pour toi
    Je commencerai dedans mes pantalons

    who ever wrote this song is dirty and doesnt no french gramar.
    poubelle and madamoiselle are both feminin words and although it should be ma the song says mon :S

    dirtyest french song of my LIFE!
    Flag cutie.xoon January 22, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:im totally bilingual.

    sleepstudent101 has the correction right so far that i can see..

    this song is nasty! but funny in its own way, def about random sex.
    Flag cutie.xoon January 22, 2008   Link

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