Lyrics and translation Scott Walker - Jean the Machine
Whatever
happened
to
Jean
the
machine
Qu'est-il
arrivé
à
Jean
la
machine
She
used
to
live
down
the
hall
from
me
Elle
habitait
en
face
de
moi
And
all
the
boys
in
the
band
Et
tous
les
garçons
du
groupe
Miss
her
so
bad
now
La
manquent
terriblement
maintenant
Ain′t
it
pitful
N'est-ce
pas
pitoyable
She
made
her
way
from
Hungary
Elle
est
venue
de
Hongrie
A
refugee
with
a
voice
like
Callas
Une
réfugiée
avec
une
voix
comme
Callas
But
somehow
she
couldn't
get
on
Mais
elle
n'a
pas
réussi
à
percer
So
she
took
it
off
Alors
elle
a
tout
abandonné
At
the
local
Palace
Au
Palace
local
Chorus:
Refrain:
Jean
come
back
(Why′d
you
go
now)
Jean
reviens
(Pourquoi
es-tu
partie
maintenant)
Jean
come
back
(Things
are
slow
now)
Jean
reviens
(Les
choses
vont
lentement
maintenant)
Jean
come
back
Jean
reviens
My
landlady
said
Jean's
a
commie
spy
Ma
propriétaire
a
dit
que
Jean
est
une
espionne
communiste
And
each
time
I
asked
for
the
reason
why
Et
chaque
fois
que
je
lui
demandais
pourquoi
My
landlady
said
it's
a
front
Ma
propriétaire
disait
que
c'était
un
faux-semblant
She
bumps
and
grinds
codes
Elle
frotte
et
se
trémousse
sur
des
codes
To
an
audience
of
immigrants
Devant
un
public
d'immigrants
It
blows
my
mind
when
I
think
of
Jean
Cela
me
donne
des
frissons
quand
je
pense
à
Jean
Every
night
with
a
new
rountine
Chaque
soir
avec
une
nouvelle
routine
′Cos
I
play
drums
in
the
band
Parce
que
je
joue
de
la
batterie
dans
le
groupe
She
uses
me
as
part
Elle
m'utilise
comme
une
partie
Of
a
dirty
commie
plan
D'un
sale
plan
communiste
Chorus:
Refrain:
Jean
come
back
(we
forgive
you)
Jean
reviens
(nous
te
pardonnons)
Jean
come
back
(boy
scouts
honour)
Jean
reviens
(parole
d'éclaireurs)
Jean
come
back
(Spiro
Agnew)
Jean
reviens
(Spiro
Agnew)
Jean
come
back
(To
the
Bolshoi)
Jean
reviens
(Au
Bolchoï)
Jean
come
back
(To
your
homeland)
Jean
reviens
(Dans
ton
pays)
Jean
come
back
(bring
the
microfilm)
Jean
reviens
(apporte
le
microfilm)
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2 The Seventh Seal
3 Angels of Ashes
4 The Old Man's Back Again (Dedicated To the Neo-Stalinist Regime)
5 The Girls From the Streets
6 The Lady Came From Baltimore
7 Always Coming Back To You
8 Black Sheep Boy
9 On Your Own Again
10 The World's Strongest Man
11 Duchess
12 Get Behind Me
13 Winter Night
14 Rhymes of Goodbye
15 Butterfly
16 Best of Both Worlds
17 Come Next Spring
18 Two Weeks Since You've Gone
19 When Joanna Loved Me
20 The Big Hurt
21 Two Ragged Soldiers
22 Rosemary
23 The Amorous Humphrey Plugg
24 Hero of the War
25 Time Operator
26 The War Is Over (Sleepers - Epilogue)
27 Prologue - Little Things
28 Such a Small Love
29 You're Gonna Hear From Me
30 Through a Long and Sleepless Night
31 Windows of the World
32 Copenhagen
33 We Came Through
34 Little Things (That Keep Us Together)
35 Reuben James
36 Til the Band Comes In
37 Montague Terrace (In Blue)
38 The Bridge
39 Plastic Palace People
40 Joe
41 It's Raining Today
42 If You Go Away
43 Boy Child
44 Big Louise
45 Amsterdam
46 30 Century Man
47 Sons Of
48 Funeral Tango
49 Thanks For Chicago Mr. James
50 Jean the Machine
51 Cowbells Shakin'
52 Stormy
53 The Hills of Yesterday
54 What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life
55 It's Over
56 Wait Until Dark
57 The Girls and the Dogs
2 The Seventh Seal
3 Angels of Ashes
4 The Old Man's Back Again (Dedicated To the Neo-Stalinist Regime)
5 The Girls From the Streets
6 The Lady Came From Baltimore
7 Always Coming Back To You
8 Black Sheep Boy
9 On Your Own Again
10 The World's Strongest Man
11 Duchess
12 Get Behind Me
13 Winter Night
14 Rhymes of Goodbye
15 Butterfly
16 Best of Both Worlds
17 Come Next Spring
18 Two Weeks Since You've Gone
19 When Joanna Loved Me
20 The Big Hurt
21 Two Ragged Soldiers
22 Rosemary
23 The Amorous Humphrey Plugg
24 Hero of the War
25 Time Operator
26 The War Is Over (Sleepers - Epilogue)
27 Prologue - Little Things
28 Such a Small Love
29 You're Gonna Hear From Me
30 Through a Long and Sleepless Night
31 Windows of the World
32 Copenhagen
33 We Came Through
34 Little Things (That Keep Us Together)
35 Reuben James
36 Til the Band Comes In
37 Montague Terrace (In Blue)
38 The Bridge
39 Plastic Palace People
40 Joe
41 It's Raining Today
42 If You Go Away
43 Boy Child
44 Big Louise
45 Amsterdam
46 30 Century Man
47 Sons Of
48 Funeral Tango
49 Thanks For Chicago Mr. James
50 Jean the Machine
51 Cowbells Shakin'
52 Stormy
53 The Hills of Yesterday
54 What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life
55 It's Over
56 Wait Until Dark
57 The Girls and the Dogs
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