Lyrics and translation The Pogues - The Body of an American (Live At the Olympia, Paris In 2012)
The Body of an American (Live At the Olympia, Paris In 2012)
Le corps d'un Américain (Live Olympia, Paris en 2012)
The
cadillac
stood
by
the
house
La
Cadillac
est
devant
la
maison
And
the
yanks
they
were
within
Et
les
Américains
sont
à
l'intérieur
And
the
tinker
boys
they
hissed
advice
Et
les
jeunes
mécaniciens
donnent
des
conseils
′Hot-wire
her
with
a
pin'
"Démmarrez-la
avec
une
épingle"
We
turned
and
shook
as
we
had
a
look
Nous
nous
sommes
retournés
et
avons
secoué
la
tête
en
regardant
In
the
room
where
the
dead
men
lay
Dans
la
pièce
où
les
morts
gisaient
So
big
Jim
Dwyer
made
his
last
trip
Alors
Big
Jim
Dwyer
a
fait
son
dernier
voyage
To
the
shores
where
his
father′s
laid
Vers
les
côtes
où
son
père
est
enterré
And
fifteen
minutes
later
Et
quinze
minutes
plus
tard
We
had
our
first
taste
of
whiskey
Nous
avons
eu
notre
premier
goût
de
whisky
There
was
uncles
giving
lectures
Les
oncles
donnaient
des
conférences
On
ancient
Irish
history
Sur
l'histoire
ancienne
de
l'Irlande
The
men
all
started
telling
jokes
Les
hommes
ont
commencé
à
raconter
des
blagues
And
the
women
they
got
frisky
Et
les
femmes
sont
devenues
fringantes
By
five
o'clock
in
the
evening
À
cinq
heures
du
soir
Every
bastard
there
was
piskey
Tous
les
bâtards
étaient
bourrés
Fare
thee
well
going
away
Adieu,
tu
pars
There's
nothing
left
to
say
Il
n'y
a
plus
rien
à
dire
Farewell
to
New
York
City
boys
Adieu
aux
garçons
de
New
York
To
Boston
and
PA
À
Boston
et
en
Pennsylvanie
He
took
them
out
Il
les
a
sortis
With
a
well-aimed
clout
Avec
un
coup
bien
ajusté
And
we
often
heard
him
say
Et
on
l'entendait
souvent
dire
I′m
a
free
born
man
of
the
USA
Je
suis
un
homme
libre
des
États-Unis
He
fought
the
champ
in
Pittsburgh
Il
a
combattu
le
champion
à
Pittsburgh
And
he
slashed
him
to
the
ground
Et
il
l'a
terrassé
He
took
on
Tiny
Tartanella
Il
a
affronté
Tiny
Tartanella
And
it
only
went
one
round
Et
ça
n'a
duré
qu'un
round
He
never
had
no
time
for
reds
Il
n'a
jamais
eu
de
temps
pour
les
rouges
For
drink
or
dice
or
whores
Pour
la
boisson,
les
dés
ou
les
putes
But
he
never
threw
a
fight
Mais
il
n'a
jamais
abandonné
un
combat
When
the
fight
was
right
Quand
c'était
le
bon
combat
So
they
sent
him
to
the
war
Alors
ils
l'ont
envoyé
à
la
guerre
Fare
the
well
gone
away
Adieu,
tu
pars
There′s
nothing
left
to
say
Il
n'y
a
plus
rien
à
dire
With
a
slainte
Joe
and
Erin
go
Avec
une
santé
à
Joe
et
à
l'Éire
My
love's
in
Amerikay
Mon
amour
est
aux
États-Unis
The
calling
of
the
rosary
L'appel
du
rosaire
Spanish
wine
from
far
away
Vin
espagnol
de
loin
I′m
a
free
born
man
of
the
USA
Je
suis
un
homme
libre
des
États-Unis
This
morning
on
the
harbour
Ce
matin
au
port
When
I
said
goodbye
to
you
Quand
je
t'ai
dit
au
revoir
I
remember
how
I
swore
Je
me
souviens
comment
j'ai
juré
That
I'd
come
back
to
you
one
day
Que
je
reviendrais
vers
toi
un
jour
And
as
the
sunset
came
to
meet
Et
comme
le
soleil
couchant
venait
à
la
rencontre
The
evening
on
the
hill
Le
soir
sur
la
colline
I
told
you
I′d
always
love
you
Je
t'ai
dit
que
je
t'aimerais
toujours
I
always
did
and
I
always
will
Je
l'ai
toujours
fait
et
je
le
ferai
toujours
Fare
thee
well
gone
away
Adieu,
tu
pars
There's
nothing
left
to
say
Il
n'y
a
plus
rien
à
dire
But
to
say
adieu
Que
dire
adieu
To
your
eyes
as
blue
À
tes
yeux
aussi
bleus
As
the
water
in
the
bay
Que
l'eau
dans
la
baie
And
to
big
Jim
Dwyer
Et
à
Big
Jim
Dwyer
The
man
of
wire
L'homme
de
fer
Who
was
often
heard
to
say
Qui
a
souvent
été
entendu
dire
I′m
a
free
born
man
of
the
USA
Je
suis
un
homme
libre
des
États-Unis
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