Lyrics and translation David Bowie - Conversation Piece (written 1969, recorded 1970, re-recorded 2002)
I
took
this
walk
to
ease
my
mind
J'ai
fait
cette
promenade
pour
me
calmer
l'esprit
To
find
out
what's
gnawing
at
me
Pour
découvrir
ce
qui
me
ronge
Wouldn't
think
to
look
at
me
Tu
ne
te
serais
pas
doutée
en
me
regardant
That
I've
spent
a
lot
of
time
in
education
Que
j'ai
passé
beaucoup
de
temps
à
apprendre
It
all
seems
so
long
ago
Tout
cela
semble
si
lointain
I'm
a
thinker,
not
a
talker
Je
suis
un
penseur,
pas
un
parleur
I've
no-one
to
talk
to,
anyway
De
toute
façon,
je
n'ai
personne
à
qui
parler
I
can't
see
the
road
Je
ne
vois
pas
la
route
For
the
rain
in
my
eyes
A
cause
de
la
pluie
dans
mes
yeux
Ahhh
...
Ahhh
...
I
live
above
the
grocers
store
J'habite
au-dessus
de
l'épicerie
Owned
by
an
austrian
Propriété
d'un
Autrichien
He
often
calls
me
down
to
eat
Il
m'invite
souvent
à
manger
And
he
jokes
about
his
broken
english
Et
il
plaisante
sur
son
anglais
approximatif
Tries
to
be
a
friend
to
me
Il
essaie
d'être
mon
ami
But
for
all
my
years
of
reading
conversation
Mais
malgré
toutes
mes
années
de
lectures
et
de
conversations
I
stand
without
a
word
to
say
Je
reste
muet
I
can't
see
the
bridge
Je
ne
vois
pas
le
pont
For
the
rain
in
my
eye
A
cause
de
la
pluie
dans
mon
œil
Ahhh...
Ahhh...
And
the
world
is
full
of
life
Et
le
monde
est
plein
de
vie
Full
of
folk
who
don't
know
me
Plein
de
gens
qui
ne
me
connaissent
pas
And
they
walk
in
twos
or
threes
or
mor
Ils
marchent
par
deux
ou
par
trois,
ou
plus
While
the
light
that
shines
above
the
grocer's
store
Alors
que
la
lumière
qui
brille
au-dessus
de
l'épicerie
Investigates
my
face
so
rudely
Examine
mon
visage
si
impudemment
And
my
essays
lying
scattered
on
the
floor
Et
mes
essais
éparpillés
sur
le
sol
Fulfill
their
needs
just
by
being
there
Satisfont
leurs
besoins
simplement
en
étant
là
And
my
hands
shake,
my
head
hurts
Et
mes
mains
tremblent,
ma
tête
me
fait
mal
My
voice
sticks
inside
my
throat
Ma
voix
reste
coincée
dans
ma
gorge
I'm
invisible
and
dumb
Je
suis
invisible
et
muet
And
no-one
will
recall
me
Et
personne
ne
se
souviendra
de
moi
And
I
can't
see
the
water
Et
je
ne
vois
pas
l'eau
Through
the
tears
in
my
ey-y-yes
A
travers
les
larmes
dans
mes
ye-yeux
Rate the translation
1
Safe
2 Panic in Detroit (outtake from a 1979 recording)
3 Conversation Piece (Re-Recorded 2002)
4 A Better Future (Remix by Air)
5 Sunday (Moby Remix)
6 Everyone Says ‘Hi’ (5.1 mix)
7 Wood Jackson
8 A Better Future
9 Everyone Says ‘Hi’
10 5:15 the Angels Have Gone
11 I Took a Trip On a Gemini Spaceship
12 I Would Be Your Slave
13 I’ve Been Waiting for You
14 Slow Burn
15 Slip Away
16 Cactus
17 Sunday
18 Conversation Piece (written 1969, recorded 1970, re-recorded 2002)
2 Panic in Detroit (outtake from a 1979 recording)
3 Conversation Piece (Re-Recorded 2002)
4 A Better Future (Remix by Air)
5 Sunday (Moby Remix)
6 Everyone Says ‘Hi’ (5.1 mix)
7 Wood Jackson
8 A Better Future
9 Everyone Says ‘Hi’
10 5:15 the Angels Have Gone
11 I Took a Trip On a Gemini Spaceship
12 I Would Be Your Slave
13 I’ve Been Waiting for You
14 Slow Burn
15 Slip Away
16 Cactus
17 Sunday
18 Conversation Piece (written 1969, recorded 1970, re-recorded 2002)
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