Bonnie & Clyde
Serge Gainsbourg (Herbert's Fred & Ginger Mix) Lyrics
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De Jesse James
Comment il vécu
Comment il est mort
Ça vous a plus hein
Vous en demandez encore
Et bien
Écoutez l'histoire
Alors voilà
Clyde a une petite amie
Elle est belle et son prénom
C'est Bonnie
A eux deux ils forment
Le gang Barrow
Leurs noms
Bonnie Parker et Clyde Barrow
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde
Moi lorsque j'ai connu Clyde
Autrefois
C'était un gars loyal
Honnête et droit
Il faut croire
Que C'est la société
Qui m'a définitivement abîmé
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde
Qu'est-ce qu'on a pas écrit
Sur elle et moi
On prétend que nous tuons
De sang-froid
C'est pas drôle
Mais on est bien obligé
De faire taire
Celui qui se met à gueuler
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde
Chaque fois qu'un policeman
Se fait buter
Qu'un garage ou qu'un' banque
Se fait braquer
Pour la police
Ça ne fait de mystère
C'est signé Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde
Maintenant chaque fois
Qu'on essaie de se ranger
De s'installer tranquilles
Dans un meublé
Dans les trois jours
Voilà le tac tac tac
Des mitraillettes
Qui reviennent à l'attaque
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde
Un de ces quatre
Nous tomberons ensemble
Moi je m'en fous
C'est pour Bonnie que je tremble
Quelle importance
Qu'ils me fassent la peau
Moi Bonnie
Je tremble pour Clyde Barrow
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde
De toute façon
Ils ne pouvaient plus s'en sortir
La seule solution
C'était mourir
Mais plus d'un les a suivis
En enfer
Quand sont morts
Barrow et Bonnie Parker
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde
The opening lines of "Bonnie and Clyde" introduce the story of the famous outlaws, drawing a comparison to the well-known figure of Jesse James. The singer then describes Bonnie and Clyde as a couple who form the infamous gang Barrow, describing them by their names and noting Bonnie's striking beauty. The next two verses are sung by Clyde himself, who expresses remorse for how society has corrupted him and turned him from an honest man into a criminal. He laments the negative portrayal of him and Bonnie in the media, which portrays them as cold-blooded killers, but he affirms that they are willing to fight back against those who would silence them. The final verse suggests the inevitability of their downfall, but also notes that they will face it together and that Bonnie is the one he worries about most.
Line by Line Meaning
Vous avez lu l'histoire
Have you read the story
De Jesse James
About Jesse James
Comment il vécu
How he lived
Comment il est mort
How he died
Ça vous a plus hein
Did you like it?
Vous en demandez encore
Do you want more?
Et bien
Well
Écoutez l'histoire
Listen to the story
De Bonnie and Clyde
Of Bonnie and Clyde
Alors voilà
So here's the thing
Clyde a une petite amie
Clyde has a girlfriend
Elle est belle et son prénom
She's beautiful and her name
C'est Bonnie
Is Bonnie
A eux deux ils forment
Together they form
Le gang Barrow
The Barrow gang
Leurs noms
Their names
Bonnie Parker et Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow
Moi lorsque j'ai connu Clyde
When I met Clyde
Autrefois
Back then
C'était un gars loyal
He was a loyal guy
Honnête et droit
Honest and upright
Il faut croire
You have to believe
Que C'est la société
That it's society
Qui m'a définitivement abîmé
That has definitively ruined me
Qu'est-ce qu'on a pas écrit
Oh, the things they've written
Sur elle et moi
About her and me
On prétend que nous tuons
They claim we kill
De sang-froid
In cold blood
C'est pas drôle
It's not funny
Mais on est bien obligé
But we're obliged
De faire taire
To silence
Celui qui se met à gueuler
Anyone who starts yelling
Chaque fois qu'un policeman
Every time a policeman
Se fait buter
Gets killed
Qu'un garage ou qu'un' banque
When a garage or bank
Se fait braquer
Gets robbed
Pour la police
For the police
Ça ne fait de mystère
There's no mystery
C'est signé Clyde Barrow
It's signed Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Bonnie Parker
Maintenant chaque fois
Now every time
Qu'on essaie de se ranger
We try to settle down
De s'installer tranquilles
To live quietly
Dans un meublé
In a furnished room
Dans les trois jours
Within three days
Voilà le tac tac tac
That's when you hear the tat-tat-tat
Des mitraillettes
Of machine guns
Qui reviennent à l'attaque
Coming back for another attack
Un de ces quatre
One of these days
Nous tomberons ensemble
We'll fall together
Moi je m'en fous
Me, I don't care
C'est pour Bonnie que je tremble
It's Bonnie I'm worried about
Quelle importance
What does it matter
Qu'ils me fassent la peau
If they kill me
Moi Bonnie
Me, Bonnie
Je tremble pour Clyde Barrow
I'm worried about Clyde Barrow
De toute façon
Anyway
Ils ne pouvaient plus s'en sortir
They couldn't get out of it
La seule solution
The only solution
C'était mourir
Was to die
Mais plus d'un les a suivis
But many followed them
En enfer
To hell
Quand sont morts
When Barrow and Bonnie Parker died
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde
Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing, SIDONIE
Written by: SERGE GAINSBOURG
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@atheeoslsarkkos7739
Did you read the story of Jesse James?
About how he lived and how he died?
You liked it huh? You want some more
Well then listen to the story of Bonnie and Clyde
Okay, so Clyde has a girlfriend
She's beautiful and her name's Bonnie
Together they're the Barrow gang
Their names - Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde
When I came to know Clyde long ago
He was a loyal, honest, upright guy
I really think it's society
Which has spoilt me forever
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde
Oh what they wrote about her and I
They say we're cold-blooded killers
It ain't much fun but we got no choice
But shut them up when they start shouting
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde
Every time a policeman gets killed
Every time a garage or a bank gets robbed
The police has no doubt about it
It was done by Clyde Barrow, Bonnie Parker
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde
Now whenever we try and settle down
When we go live in a furnished apartment
Three days later it goes tac tac tac
Tommy guns get back on us
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde
Sooner or later we'll fall together
I don't care; I'm scared for Bonnie
What does it matter if they freaking kill me
I, Bonnie, am scared for Clyde Barrow
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde
Anyhow they couldn't get out of trouble
The only way out was death
But more than one followed them to Hell
When Barrow and Bonnie Parker died
Bonnie and Clyde
@atheeoslsarkkos7739
English version follows :
Did you read the story of Jesse James?
About how he lived ? how he died?
You liked it huh? You want some more
Well then, listen to the story of Bonnie and Clyde
Okay, so Clyde has a girlfriend
She's beautiful and her name's Bonnie
Together they're the Barrow gang
Their names : Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde
When I came to know Clyde long ago
He was a loyal, honest, upright guy
I really think it's society
Which has spoilt me forever
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde
Oh what they did not wrote about her and I
They say we're cold-blooded killers
It ain't much fun but we got no choice
to shut them up when they start shouting
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde
Every time a cop gets killed
Every time a garage or a bank gets robbed
The police has no doubt about it:
It was done by Clyde Barrow, Bonnie Parker
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde
Now whenever we try and settle down
When we go live in a furnished apartment
Three days later it goes tac tac tac
Tommy guns get back on us
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde
Sooner or later we'll fall together
I don't care: I'm scared for Bonnie
What does it matter if they freaking kill me
I, Bonnie, am scared for Clyde Barrow
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde
Anyhow they couldn't get out of trouble
The only way out was death
But more than one followed them to Hell
When Barrow and Bonnie Parker died
Bonnie and Clyde
@philippetruze
You have read the story of Jessie James?
How he lived,
how he died?
You enjoyed it huh!
You're asking for more
So well, listen to the story of
Bonnie and Clyde
So yeah, Clyde has a girlfriend
She is pretty and her first name is Bonnie
Together they form the Barrow Gang
Their name, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow
Bonnie and Clyde,
Bonnie and Clyde
Me when I met Clyde before,
he was a loyal, honest and right guy
We have to guess it's society,
that definitely wrecked me
Bonnie and Clyde,
Bonnie and Clyde
What haven't they wrote on her and me
They claim that we kill in cold blood
It isn't funny but we do have to,
shut these lives that start to shout
Bonnie and Clyde,
Bonnie and Clyde
Every time a policeman gets killed
That a garage or a bank gets robbed
To the police there's no mystery,
It's signed, Clyde Barrow. Bonnie Parker!
Bonnie and Clyde,
Bonnie and Clyde
Now, each time we try to get away
Move tranquilly to a flat
In the next 3 days here comes the tak-tak-tak
Submachine guns that come back to attack
Bonnie and Clyde,
Bonnie and Clyde
One of these days we will fall together
Me I don't care it's for Bonnie that I tremble
What importance if they kill me?
Me Bonnie I tremble for Clyde Barrow
Bonnie and Clyde,
Bonnie and Clyde
Anyway they couldn't get away with it forever
The only solution was to die
But more than one followed them in hell,
When Barrow and Bonnie Parker died
Bonnie and Clyde,
Bonnie and Clyde
@sbrute66
So thankful for Rush Hour 3 for introducing me to this timeless classic.
@cianpritchard1961
it shocked me when it was in rush hour 3, Serge, the genius.
@mekudu-man3804
same
@MarcinaLRJoe
riiiight
@Imyourangell_
And “the act”
@jackistarrsettles8213
IKR AWWWWWWESOME YAAAAAAAASSSSSSS 🔥🔥🔥🔥🎶🎶🎶🎤🎤🎤👍👍👍👍
@ShutUpImThinkingDAMN
Took me almost 3 years to find this... My life is complete
@aristotlewarbuck4804
me 2
@tkleintop
It was on mad men a couple of years ago
@montanagior2848
rawsawbie should’ve watched rush hour 3 dicktips heads