Dick Valentine - I Don't Speak French Lyrics
I met a girl named GabrielleShe was dressed in black and young as hellShe took me to her domicileInvited me to stay a whileShe fed me breakfast and fed me wineAnd later on we took the timeTo explore each other's areasRun into a language barrierIt can be so frustratingThe way we insist on communicatingBut I do not parlez-vous youI don't speak FrenchBut somehow I've gotten on a good timeOh! I don't speak FrenchBut there's only one thing on her mind.Oh I.Voulez-vous mon amiBonsoir, babyIs all I know how to say right nowBut you can bet I'm learning how'Cos where I'm from the thing to doIs to paint yourself red, white and blueHow about you?Can you say you do the same thing too?I'm just your average yankeeTrapped in a world of French hanky-pankyBut I do not parlez-vous youI don't speak FrenchBut I've got a shit load of EurosOh I! I don't speak FrenchBut that doesn't matter to French girls.Oh I. Come on!There's a plane on the ground at JFKFor me it waitsTo carry me away to youThe things we didThe things we didn't doOh GabrielleI learnt so much from youYou taught me how to surrenderInstinctual behaviour from a time you don't rememberBut thank God the allies crushed the Nazis on the 6th of NovemberI don't speak FrenchBut somehow I've gotten on a good timeOh I! I don't speak FrenchBut there's only one thing on her mind.Oh yeah! I don't speak FrenchBut that doesn't matter to French girlsOh I! I don't speak French'Cos it's useless most places in the world.
