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1990 - France

Performed by: Joëlle Ursull
Music by: Georges Ougier de Moussac
Lyrics by: Serge Gainsbourg
Conductor: Régis Dupré
Language: French
Placing: 2nd (132 points)
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White and black blues

White and black blues
Lorsque l'on me parle de couleur de peau When someone talks to me about skin colour
J'ai le blues qui me fait froid dans le dos I have the blues which sends shivers down my spine
Je m'sens dans un conte d'Edgar Allan Poe I feel as if I'm in a tale by Edgar Allan Poe
C'est le never more, les vumètres à zéro It's the never more, the blue funk
  
White and black White and black
Danse, balance sur le white and black blues Dance, swing on the white and black blues
Nous, les blacks We, the blacks
Nous sommes quelque millions, treize à la douze We're a few millions, a dime a dozen
Paradisiaque Paradisiacal
Africa, mon amour, j't'ai dans la peau Africa, my love, I have you in my skin
White and black White and black
Qu'importe la couleur? Tous égaux What does colour matter? All equal
  
Entendez-vous les percussions des tam-tams? Do you hear the beats of the tom-toms?
Elles vous vont droit au cœur, vous transpercent l'âme They go right through your heart, pierce your soul
Comme la flèche d'un chasseur, équateur Like the arrow of a hunter, equator
Une lame de couteau où scintillent les pleurs A knife blade on which tears are sparkling
  
White and black White and black
Danse, balance sur le white and black blues Dance, swing on the white and black blues
Nous, les blacks We, the blacks
Nous sommes quelque millions, treize à la douze We're a few millions, a dime a dozen
Le long du fleuve Along the river
Sous le soleil ombré des marécages Under the sun overshadowed by the swamps
Où qu'il pleuve Where it rains
Sur nos amours, que vienne l'orage On our loves, may the storm come
  
White and black White and black
Danse, balance sur le white and black blues Dance, swing on the white and black blues
Nous, les blacks We, the blacks
Nous sommes quelque millions, treize à la douze We're a few millions, a dime a dozen
Oh, white and black Oh, white and black
Danse, balance sur le white and black blues Dance, swing on the white and black blues
That's all right That's all right
Danse, balance sur le white blues Dance, swing on the white blues
  
And black And black

The lyrics also contain a few words in English.

Translation by Morgan Trouillet.

The original song had different lyrics and was titled 'Black lolita blues'. As this was deemed inappropriate by Joëlle herself, the lyrics and title were changed.
  • Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) - American poet, short story writer, editor and critic. He is best known for his tales of the macabre and his poems.