Vincent Vallières is a French-speaking singer-songwriter. Born on August 8t… Read Full Bio ↴Vincent Vallières is a French-speaking singer-songwriter. Born on August 8th, 1978, in Sherbrooke, Canada, his musical style is mainly influenced by folk-country sounds popular in Quebec by the 1990's and the 2000's.

His first album, Trente Arpents, is released in 1999, followed by Bordel Ambiant in 2001. He becomes well-known in Quebec by 2003 with the release of his third album, Chacun Dans Son Espace. On August 29, 2006, his fourth album, Le Repère Tranquille, is released. A first single, Je pars à pied, gets immediately put into the regular rotations of many radio stations across all Quebec. Many other singles from this album (Café Lézard, Un quart de piasse, Je n'attends plus rien, Le bord de l'eau) also get frequent airplay.

Vallières receives the Prix Félix-Leclerc de la chanson in 2005, and the Prix Gilles-Vigneault in 2007.

Official website: http://www.vincentvallieres.com/

Café Lézard
Vincent Vallières Lyrics

Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴

Fait que mon sort traîne encore
À soir dans le Café Lézard
Su'a table du fond proche du trottoir
J'écoute la muse pis je pense
À toutes sortes d'histoires
La serveuse baille au comptoir
Mais qu'est-ce que je fais encore
À soir dans le Café Lézard

'Doit être autour de minuit moins quart
Y'a le temps qui passe
Juste en face de l'autre bord
Le Lézard est pas mal désert
Pis t'arrives au hasard
T'arrives tout le temps de nulle part
Tu t'assois pis on jase
Et les angoisses se tassent
Fait que mon sort traîne encore
À soir dans le Café Lézard
Au cœur de mon quartier
Sur la fin de mon quart
Je reste tranquille
Et je suis jamais en retard
Pour flâner au Lézard
Pis t'arrives au hasard
T'arrives tout le temps de nulle part
Tu t'assois pis on se jase
Et les angoisses se tassent

Je t'attendais pas
Mais je suis content de te voir

Overall Meaning

These lyrics depict an individual who finds themselves at the Café Lézard again, late at night, listening to music and thinking about various stories. The serveuse, or waitress, yawns at the counter, indicating that it is late. Despite this, the singer continues to stay at the café, thinking about their life and circumstances. The café is described as being relatively empty with the passing of time visible outside. However, suddenly, someone arrives, randomly, and sits down to talk. This person becomes a source of comfort and the anxieties that were previously present dissipate. The singer mentions that they weren't expecting this person to arrive but expresses their happiness or contentment at seeing them.

The song portrays the Café Lézard as a place of solace and relief for the singer, a place where they can escape the anxieties of everyday life. The lyrics seem to reflect the idea that unexpected events can bring joy and a reprieve from the worries that often consume us.

Line by Line Meaning

Fait que mon sort traîne encore
My fate still lingers

À soir dans le Café Lézard
Tonight in Café Lézard

Su'a table du fond proche du trottoir
At a table close to the sidewalk in the back

J'écoute la muse pis je pense
I listen to the muse and I think

À toutes sortes d'histoires
About all sorts of stories

La serveuse baille au comptoir
The waitress yawns at the counter

Mais qu'est-ce que je fais encore
But why am I still here

À soir dans le Café Lézard
Tonight in Café Lézard

'Doit être autour de minuit moins quart
It must be around quarter to midnight

Y'a le temps qui passe
Time goes by

Juste en face de l'autre bord
Right across the other side