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Ballade de Melody Nelson Lyrics by Serge Gainsbourg

Histoire de Melody Nelson [Super Deluxe Édition - 40e anniversaire de l’album culte]

1971

[Couplet 1 : avec Jane Birkin]
Ça, c'est l'histoire de Melody Nelson
Qu'à part moi-même personne
N'a jamais pris dans ses bras
Ça vous étonne, mais c'est comme ça
[Couplet 2 : avec Jane Birkin]
Elle avait de l'amour, pauvre Melody Nelson
Ouais, elle en avait des tonnes
Mais ses jours étaient comptés
Quatorze automnes et quinze étés
[Couplet 3 : avec Jane Birkin]
Un petit animal que cette Melody Nelson
Une adorable garçonne
Et si délicieuse enfant
Que je n'ai connue qu'un instant
[Couplet 4 : avec Jane Birkin]
Oh! Ma Melody, ma Melody Nelson
Aimable petite conne
Tu étais la condition
Sine qua non de ma raison
ENGLISH TRANSLATION:
This is the story of
Melody Nelson
Who other than this man right here
Took in her arms no other love
It surprises you
But that's how it was
She had love
Poor Melody Nelson
Yeah, she had tons of it
But her days were numbered
Fourteen autumns
Fifteen summers
A little animal
That Melody Nelson
An adorable tomboy
And such a delightful child
Who I only knew for a moment
Oh! My Melody
My Melody Nelson
Kind little bitch
You were the only condition
Sine qua non
Of my reason
Credits
Serge Gainsbourg

Serge Gainsbourg

About “Ballade de Melody Nelson” by Serge Gainsbourg

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"Ballade de Melody Nelson" is credited to Serge Gainsbourg. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Ballade de Melody Nelson" appears on "Histoire de Melody Nelson [Super Deluxe Édition - 40e anniversaire de l’album culte]" in 1971.

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