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Ma petite chatte - lyrics - Diggiloo Thrush
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There are some differences in the <a title='Other version' href='/?1958be.studio'>studio version</a>.</p> <a name='main'></a> <br /> <center> <table width='100%' class='text' id='lyrics-table'> <tr> <td width='50%'><h2>Ma petite chatte</h2></td> <td width='50%' class='tran'><h2>My little sweetie</h2></td> </tr> <tr><td>J'étais dans un jour de cafard</td> <td>It was a melancholy day</td></tr> <tr><td>Ça peut vous arriver demain</td> <td>It might happen to you tomorrow</td></tr> <tr><td>J'allais dans les rues au hasard</td> <td>I was walking around in the streets</td></tr> <tr><td>Sans but et ne pensant à rien</td> <td>Aimlessly and thinking about nothing</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Quand j'ai l'aperçu, elle s'avançait vers moi</td> <td>When I perceived her, she came to me</td></tr> <tr><td>C'est à n'pas y croire, mais voilà</td> <td>It's unbelievable, but it's true</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Elle avait tous les atouts dans son jeu</td> <td>She had all the trump cards in her game</td></tr> <tr><td>Et du chic jusqu'au bout des doigts</td> <td>And the skills up to her fingertips</td></tr> <tr><td>Des arguments, en veux-tu, en voilà</td> <td>Arguments, as much as you want</td></tr> <tr><td>Qui m'mettaient dans tous mes états</td> <td>Put me up to anything</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Elle avait un drôle de p'tit air</td> <td>She had this funny little look</td></tr> <tr><td>De ne pas en avoir l'air</td> <td>As if she wasn't really one</td></tr> <tr><td>Elle me souriait, sûre de son p'tit effet</td> <td>She smiled at me, being sure of its effect</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Je ne croyais pas qu'il pouvait y avoir</td> <td>I didn't believe there could be</td></tr> <tr><td>Sur la terre des joujoux comme ça</td> <td>Toys like that on earth</td></tr> <tr><td>C'était un rêve de voir cette petite chatte-là</td> <td>It was a dream to see that little sweetie there</td></tr> <tr><td>Pas plus haute que ça</td> <td>Not much higher than that</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Avec des yeux frippons</td> <td>With crupled eyes</td></tr> <tr><td>Comme on le dit dans les chansons</td> <td>As they say it in songs</td></tr> <tr><td>Et tout ce qu'il faut pour plaire aux garçons</td> <td>And all you need to do to please boys</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Et ce fut un roman d'amour</td> <td>And it was a love story</td></tr> <tr><td>Une histoire qui finit bien</td> <td>A story with a happy ending</td></tr> <tr><td>Et comme cela se fait toujours</td> <td>And as this always happens</td></tr> <tr><td>Je l'ai épousée un beau matin</td> <td>I married her one beautiful morning</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Et le soir venu, je n'ose pas y penser</td> <td>And the evening came, I didn't dare to think about it</td></tr> <tr><td>C'est à n'pas y croire, mais sachez</td> <td>It's unbelievable, but know</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Elle avait tous les atouts dans son jeu</td> <td>She had all the trump cards in her game</td></tr> <tr><td>Et du chic jusqu'au bout des doigts</td> <td>And the skills up to her fingertips</td></tr> <tr><td>En moins de temps qu'il ne faut pour le dire</td> <td>It doesn't take a long time to say it</td></tr> <tr><td>Elle me mit dans tous mes états</td> <td>She put me up to anything</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Elle avait un drôle de p'tit air</td> <td>She had this funny little look</td></tr> <tr><td>De ne pas en avoir l'air</td> <td>As if she wasn't really one</td></tr> <tr><td>Elle me souriait sûre de son p'tit effet</td> <td>She smiled at me, being sure of its effect</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Je ne croyais pas qu'il pouvait y avoir</td> <td>I didn't believe there could be</td></tr> <tr><td>Sur la terre des joujoux comme ça</td> <td>Toys like that on earth</td></tr> <tr><td>C'était un rêve de voir cette petite chatte-là</td> <td>It was a dream to see that little sweetie there</td></tr> <tr><td>Blottie dans mes bras</td> <td>Curled up in my arms</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Aves des yeux fripons</td> <td>With crupled eyes</td></tr> <tr><td>Comme on le dit dans les chansons</td> <td>As they say it in songs</td></tr> <tr><td>Et tout ce qu'il faut pour plaire aux garçons</td> <td>And all you need to do to please boys</td></tr> <tr><td>Et tout ce qui peut vous faire perdre la raison</td> <td>And all that can make you go mad</td></tr> <tr><td>Et tout ce qu'on n'peut pas dire en chansons</td> <td>And all you can't say in songs</td></tr> </table> </center> <br /> <div class='notes'> This song is about a man walking down a prostitute neighbourhood and finding there the girl of his dreams.</div> </div> <table id='footer' style='width: 100%; 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