Le teint de Linda
Mara Tremblay Lyrics


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Samedi matin, Linda se r'garde le teint
Sur sa peau, sa vie se lit

Sa marque sur l'coin d'l'oeil
Vient du jour où son chum a pris l'champ
Pour écraser un écureuil
Ça a fait un gros accident
Samedi matin, Linda se r'garde le teint
Sur sa peau, sa vie se lit (mmm)

À cinq ans, c't'une porte de char
Qui claque sur son pouce pas mal fort
En cadeau, ça y a laissé
Un beau gros spot violacé

Samedi matin, Linda se r'garde le teint
Sur sa peau, sa vie se lit (mmm)

Sa dernière danse à 10 piasses
A la revoit sur sa hanche
Un client lui a laissé sa trace
Avec sa cigarette sur sa chair blanche

Samedi matin, Linda se r'garde le teint
Sur sa peau, sa vie se lit (mmm)

En allant m'ner du jambon
A marché sur un clou
Sur un chantier d'construction
Ça y a fait un beau gros trou





Samedi matin, Linda se r'garde le teint
Sur sa peau, sa vie se lit (mmm)

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Mara Tremblay's song Le teint de Linda describe Linda's habit of examining her skin on a Saturday morning. The first verse details a scar by Linda's eye, acquired when her boyfriend swerved to avoid hitting a squirrel and caused a car accident. The second verse recounts a childhood incident where Linda slammed her thumb in a car door, leaving a large purple spot on her thumb. The third verse describes a tattoo of a customer's cigarette burn on her hip, gained from her last dance for 10 dollars. Finally, the fourth verse tells of a hole left in her foot from stepping on a nail at a construction site.


Line by Line Meaning

Samedi matin, Linda se r'garde le teint
On Saturday mornings, Linda scrutinizes her complexion


Sur sa peau, sa vie se lit
Her life story is told by the marks on her skin


Sa marque sur l'coin d'l'oeil
The mark on the corner of her eye


Vient du jour où son chum a pris l'champ
Came from the day her boyfriend left her


Pour écraser un écureuil
To run over a squirrel


Ça a fait un gros accident
It caused a big accident


À cinq ans, c't'une porte de char
At the age of five, it was a car door


Qui claque sur son pouce pas mal fort
That slammed on her thumb pretty hard


En cadeau, ça y a laissé
As a gift, it left her


Un beau gros spot violacé
With a big, purple spot


Sa dernière danse à 10 piasses
Her last dance for 10 dollars


A la revoit sur sa hanche
Left its mark on her hip


Un client lui a laissé sa trace
A customer left his mark on her


Avec sa cigarette sur sa chair blanche
With his cigarette on her white skin


En allant m'ner du jambon
While going to buy some ham


A marché sur un clou
She stepped on a nail


Sur un chantier d'construction
At a construction site


Ça y a fait un beau gros trou
And it left a big hole




Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Francoise Guyaux, Mara Tremblay

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