Teenie Weenie Boppie
France Gall Lyrics


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(paroles et musique de Serge Gainsbourg)




Overall Meaning

The song "Teenie Weenie Boppie" by France Gall was written and composed by Serge Gainsbourg. The lyrics of the song narrate a story of a teenage girl called Bop who moves from her hometown to Los Angeles in search of fun and adventure. The "teenie weenie boppie" refers to her being a small, cute and playful girl who loves to dance and have fun at the many parties that are a part of the L.A. scene.


The song portrays the feelings of angst and excitement that are often associated with young people exploring and experiencing new things. We see Bop's initial hesitation and apprehension as she tries to find her own place in a new and foreign environment, but eventually, the lure of the parties and the fun times become too much to resist, and she fully indulges herself in the L.A. lifestyle. In the end, however, there is a hint of regret and nostalgia for her old life, suggesting that despite being enamored with the new surroundings, Bop still misses the familiar comfort of her hometown.


Overall, the song presents a playful, upbeat and nostalgic look at teenage life and illustrates the universal desire to break free from the confines of one's old life and break into new worlds of experience.


Line by Line Meaning

Elle est partie acheter des cigarettes
She left to buy cigarettes


Pour moi j'ai laissé mon pognon chez la concierge
For me, I left my money with the concierge


Je suis seul et j'ai froid dans mon lit
I am alone and cold in my bed


Teenie Weenie Boppie, Teenie Weenie Boppie
Teenie Weenie Boppie, Teenie Weenie Boppie


Teenie Weenie Boppie, Teenie Weenie Boppie
Teenie Weenie Boppie, Teenie Weenie Boppie


Dans ma tête j'ai des idées noires
In my head, I have dark thoughts


J'ai peur du sommeil, je reste dans le noir
I am afraid of sleep, I stay in the dark


Teenie Weenie Boppie, Teenie Weenie Boppie
Teenie Weenie Boppie, Teenie Weenie Boppie


Teenie Weenie Boppie, Teenie Weenie Boppie
Teenie Weenie Boppie, Teenie Weenie Boppie


Elle est partie acheter des cigarettes
She left to buy cigarettes


Elle est partie acheter des cigarettes
She left to buy cigarettes




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Lyrics:

Teenie Weenie Boppie
A pris du LSD

Un sucre et la voici
Au bord de la folie

Une Rolls la frôle de son aile

Un prince du rock est au volant

Il lui fait signe agitant vers elle
Ses fines dentelles et ses volants

Teenie Weenie Boppie
A pris du LSD
Un sucre et la voici
À terre évanouie

Un grand garçon en habit sudiste
Lui tend ses deux mains gantées de blanc

À son doigt une mauve améthyste
En la griffant s'est teintée de sang

Teenie Weenie Boppie
A pris du LSD
Un sucre et la voici
Déjà à l'agonie
Que sont ces fleurs aux couleurs exquises
Qui dérivent au fil du courant
C'est Mike Jagger qui dans la Tamise

S'est noyé dans ses beaux vêtements

Teenie Weenie Boppie
Est morte dans la nuit

De quoi, mais d'avoir pris
Une dose de LSD



@brucekives2194

Teenie Weenie Boppie
Took some LSD
A cube of sugar and here she is
At the edge of insanity

A Rolls Royce skims past the wing
A prince of rock at the steering wheel
He waves at her
In fine lace and ruffles

Teenie Weenie Boppie
Took some LSD
A cube of sugar and here she is
Fainting on the ground

A big boy in a Confederate outfit
He extends his two white-gloved hands
On his finger a purple amethyst
Scratched and stained with blood

Teenie Weenie Boppie
Took some LSD
A cube of sugar and here she is
Already in agony

What are these flowers with exquisite colours
That drift with the current?
It's Mick Jagger in the Thames
Drowned in his fine clothes

Teenie Weenie Boppie
She died in the night
From what, from taking
A dose of LSD



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@alexjuhel-er2mu

Incroyable création! C'est une oeuvre d'art absolue! France est une artiste formidable capable de soulever des montagnes! Elle nous a donné le meilleur d'elle-même! ❤

@TreenaBeena

Les chordes à la fin sont trop sublimes. J’adore cette chanson.

@tommymaguire2839

Love France, love the song.....this clip is one of the most bizarre things I have ever seen. Clearly it took incredible physical strength for Ms.Gall to perform these moves. So strange though.

@ethi55opia86

psychédélique !

@veroniquerenault1324

Super le Clip ! Superbe France ! Que de bons Souvenirs !

@isabellenicaud3725

Psychédélique France Gall, j'adore

@richardgatry9215

France, tu nous manques tant.

@antonin1477

Incroyable, ce scopitone

@sandrinerousseau6579

Trop trop bien ... et clip excellent ... decale à souhait .. gainsbourg je t'aime

@yahvirol3626

on en est tous la...

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