Lyrics and translation David Bowie - Joe the Lion
Joe
the
lion
Joe
le
lion
Went
to
the
bar
Est
allé
au
bar
A
couple
of
drinks
on
the
house
an'
he
said
Un
couple
de
verres
sur
la
maison
et
il
a
dit
"Tell
you
who
you
are
if
you
nail
me
to
my
car"
"Je
te
dirai
qui
tu
es
si
tu
me
cloues
à
ma
voiture"
Boy
Chéri
Thanks
for
hesitating
Merci
d'avoir
hésité
This
is
the
kiss
off
C'est
le
baiser
d'adieu
Boy
Chéri
Thanks
for
hesitating
Merci
d'avoir
hésité
You'll
never
know
the
real
story
Tu
ne
connaîtras
jamais
la
vraie
histoire
Just
a
couple
of
dreams
Juste
un
couple
de
rêves
You
get
up
and
sleep
Tu
te
lèves
et
tu
dors
You
can
buy
god
it's
Monday
Tu
peux
acheter
Dieu
c'est
lundi
Slither
down
the
greasy
pipe
Glisse
le
long
du
tuyau
graisseux
So
far
so
good
no
one
saw
you
Jusqu'à
présent
tout
va
bien
personne
ne
t'a
vu
Hobble
over
any
freeway
Boîte
sur
n'importe
quelle
autoroute
You
will
be
like
your
dreams
tonight
Tu
seras
comme
tes
rêves
ce
soir
You
get
up
and
sleep
Tu
te
lèves
et
tu
dors
You
get
up
and
sleep
Tu
te
lèves
et
tu
dors
Joe
the
lion
Joe
le
lion
Made
of
iron
Fait
de
fer
Joe
the
lion
Joe
le
lion
Went
to
the
bar
Est
allé
au
bar
A
couple
of
drinks
on
the
house
an'
he
was
Un
couple
de
verres
sur
la
maison
et
il
était
A
fortune
teller
he
said
Un
diseur
de
bonne
aventure
il
a
dit
"Nail
me
to
my
car
and
I'll
tell
you
who
you
are"
"Clouez-moi
à
ma
voiture
et
je
vous
dirai
qui
vous
êtes"
Joe
the
lion,
yeah
yeah
Joe
le
lion,
ouais
ouais
Went
to
the
bar,
yeah
yeah
Est
allé
au
bar,
ouais
ouais
A
couple
of
dreams
and
he
was
Un
couple
de
rêves
et
il
était
A
fortune
teller
he
said
Un
diseur
de
bonne
aventure
il
a
dit
"Nail
me
to
my
car
tell
you
who
you
are"
"Clouez-moi
à
ma
voiture
je
vous
dirai
qui
vous
êtes"
You
get
up
and
sleep
Tu
te
lèves
et
tu
dors
The
wind
blows
on
your
check
Le
vent
souffle
sur
ta
joue
The
day
laughs
in
your
face
Le
jour
se
moque
de
toi
Guess
you'll
buy
a
gun
Je
suppose
que
tu
vas
acheter
un
fusil
You'll
buy
it
secondhand
Tu
l'achèteras
d'occasion
You'll
get
up
and
sleep
Tu
te
lèves
et
tu
dors
Joe
the
lion
made
of
iron
(repeat
ad
inf.)
Joe
le
lion
fait
de
fer
(repeat
ad
inf.)
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2 Drive-In Saturday
3 Sorrow
4 South Horizon
5 Space Oddity
6 Changes
7 Sound and Vision
8 Tvc15
9 London, Bye, Ta-Ta
10 Loving the Alien
11 Time Will Crawl
12 Wild Is the Wind
13 The Man Who Sold the World
14 Sons of the Silent Age
15 Round and Round (Alternate Vocal Take)
16 Fascination
17 Amlapura
18 1984 / Dodo
19 Be My Wife
20 Big Brother
21 Dead Against It
22 Pallas Athena (Gone Midnight Mix)
23 Red Sails
24 Suffragette City (Live)
25 After Today
26 John, I'm Only Dancing (Sax Version)
27 It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
28 Don’t Bring Me Down
29 Jump They Say
30 I Can't Read
31 Nite Flights (Moodswings Back To Basics Remix Radio Edit)
32 Rebel Rebel (US single version)
33 Dancing With The Big Boys
34 Kingdom Come
35 Joe the Lion
36 The Prettiest Star (Single Version)
37 Modern Love (Live)
38 You've Been Around
39 Black Country Rock
40 Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere?
41 Watch That Man (Live)
42 Helden (Single Version)
43 Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud (Rare B-Side Version)
44 White Light/White Heat (Live)
45 Baby Can Dance
46 Amazing
47 Goodbye Mr. Ed
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