Pierre Perret (born July 9, 1934 in Castelsarrasin), is a French singer and… Read Full Bio ↴Pierre Perret (born July 9, 1934 in Castelsarrasin), is a French singer and composer. Pierre Perret resides in the city of Nangis.

He spent a long part of his childhood in the café which his parents owned, where he learned work jargon and slang. At the age of 14 he signed up to the conservatoire de musique de Toulouse and to a dramatic arts institute. In the mean time, he set up his first band of 4 musicians in his own name, with whom he played at events throughout the region. In 1957, he was snapped up by Eddie Barclay who signed him on. It was in the studio of Barclay where he met his future wife, Simone Mazaltarim.

In 1958 Perret carried on touring round Parisian cabaret bars and crossed France and Africa as a part of the American group, The Platters. In Novemeber that year, a pleurisy forced him to take two years off in a sanatorium.

A master of the subtleties of the French language and French slang (he even rewrote some of Jean de La Fontaine's fables), his songs are often cheeky (for example Le zizi (The willy)) , asking questions in a seemingly naive child's tone, but has written more serious political songs, such as La bête est revenue, La petite kurde, Vert de Colère ou Lily.

Laetitia
Pierre Perret Lyrics

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Ce matin on m'a viré du boulot
Un camion a écrasé ma moto
Mon dentiste m'a sucré deux molaires
Et un clébard m'a mordu par-derrière
Pour revenir chez moi j'ai pris l'ambulance
Et bien sûr comme c'était mon jour de chance
J'ai en entrant à cent vingt chez le coiffeur
Trouvé contre toute attente le bonheur

{Refrain:}
J'ai rencontré Laetitia gardez tout
Ma maison mon hortensia je mets les bouts
Je l'aime couchée assise ou debout
Ou sifflant le Paimpolaise à genoux

Gardez vos petits tiercés gardez tout
Et vos matches à la télé c'est itou
Vos débats soporifiques entre nous
Vos sondages politiques je m'en fous
Tous vos paradis bidon de quat'sous
Vos p'tis rails vos pièges à cons gardez tout
Gardez la poudre à tremblotte qui vous cloue
Sur la cuvette des chiottes les yeux flous

{au Refrain}

Vos centrales qui explosent gardez tout
Vos petits nuages roses gardez tout
Et vos pauvres électeurs si déçus
Moi comme dirait ma petite s'ur je m'assois dessus
Et vos hamburgers aux étranges goûts
Ceux qui les fabriquent n'en mangent pas beaucoup
Gardez vos p'tits coffres-forts pleins de sous
Ils suivront pas le corbillard jusqu'au trou

{au Refrain}

Et vos camping d'abattage du mois d'août
Je n'en veux pas d'avantage gardez tout
Gardez vos gauches et vos droites nom de Dieu
Moi je ne tiens l'équilibre qu'au milieu
Gardez vos fusées Ariane vos joujoux
Et votre force de frappe je m'en fous
Si votre inflation galope entre nous
Aussi vite que je l'emmerde c'est casse-cou

Gardez tout j'ai Laetitia gardez tout
Ma maison mon hortensia je mets les bouts
Je l'aime couchée assise ou debout
Ou sifflant le Paimpolaise à genoux
Gardez tout c'est Laetitia qu'il me faut
Je l'adore des tibias jusqu'en haut
Du petit zygomatique aux dorsaux

Et encore j'en oublie des morceaux
Gardez tout j'ai Laetitia gardez tout

Overall Meaning

This song by Pierre Perret, titled Laetitia, depicts a man who has had a really bad day. He has lost his job, his motorcycle was crushed by a truck, he has had two of his molars extracted by his dentist, and a dog bit him. Despite all this, he still finds happiness in meeting his love interest, Laetitia. This woman seems to be everything he needs to make him forget all his worries, and he expresses his love for her in the song.

The refrain of the song repeats several times and has a strong message about how the singer does not care about the material things in life, only about Laetitia. He mentions that he does not care about money, politics, or any other worldly possessions, including his own life. He only wants to be with Laetitia.

This song is a wonderful tribute to the power of love, and how it can make everything else in life fade away. It encourages people to focus on the things that truly matter, and to be grateful for them.

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Laetitia
Pierre Perret Lyrics