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Croque Madame

by Croque Madame

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1.
Eboueurs 03:02
Lyrics / English Translation Garbage truck, Early morning Out of luck Beat the alarm again You're asleep, I'll let you sleep You need your rest What's below me? Who lives there? Who knows? An Indian Market... Sacks of rice Gray smoke And the nothing of dark There was a time When he loved me so much Now we have nothing to say What time is it? What's the day? He turns On a bed of nails I get up I'm leaving him I'm turning Hindu
2.
Roman 02:20
Lyrics / English Translation Familiar with the novel on which the film is based I play guitar for some women at a party Returning home I stumble across a news item: My sister and I are both back in the country. Taking a convertible to another party A woman asks me if I want to be with her friend A daughter of the East, she criticizes my style In a large dry room there are six kinds of people Satan's on the carpet, there are six kinds of peope Everyone applauds It is not Catholic
3.
Etoile 02:23
Lyrics / English Translation Now I must keep my head As she sweeps you into her bed Her ear, she will lend to you Your flexible friend, she will bend for you You are too good to be true Too good to be true to me My love lies with another [Interlude] Something is as clear as day Your love is what is dear to me Like a shooting star You scintillate even in absence
4.
Jeep 01:47
Lyrics / English Translation He and I are in a car, a jeep overlooking the sea We've been going out together for two months We talk about sex causing conflict between us His parents are in the front seat Mine are around my ankles The animosity is waning when we notice the cop's thigh All of blue and white If Elvis were alive would he still be alive And would he be molesting me? Every singer is an actress But every writer is not Molière! His parents are in the front seat Mine are around my ankles The uncertainy decreases When we notice the policeman's thigh All of blue and white Or perhaps it was another thigh In another car
5.
Natation 01:40
Lyrics / English Translation Returning home from a swimming vacation Climbing a hill with my ex-boyfriend I have lost all ability to be happy So I just read poetry on a goatskin couch I'll move on from music to movies It's a mess in my purse My ex-boyfriend is beginning to piss me off He and I go to eat at Chez Maxime My hairstyle is very very classsy A girl orders pineapples with whipped cream Instead of changing tables We exchange lives
6.
Fête 02:16
Lyrics / English Translation In the apartment where last night's party was Last night's party was, Last night's party was In the apartment where last night's party was Girls forget something that I can't find In a parking lot the cars keep backing up Just keep backing up, just keep backing up In a parking lot the cars keep backing up Just keep backing up, into other cars On the way to the airport there's a song on the radio Song on the radio, song on the radio Way to the airport there's a song on the radio Featuring Claude Debussy At the buffet bar of of the train station in Bamako train station in Bamako, train station in Bamako At the buffet bar of of the train station in Bamako I cannot find a pen to write back to you Everyone's life says perfection Says perfection, Says perfection Everyone's life says perfection Eventually this will prove untrue On the way to the airport there's a song on the radio Song on the radio, song on the radio Way to the airport there's a song on the radio Featuring Claude Debussy On the way to the airport there's a song on the radio Song on the radio, song on the radio Way to the airport there's a song on the radio Featuring Claude Debussy
7.
Incertitude 01:49
Lyrics / English Translation Violent storm, Flooded house An illumination enchanted me And your kisses Like whisky on the battle field I'll miss It's the end of the affair Disperse the mirage We actors exit the stage The curtain falls The theater darkens Some poor sap Will have to rewrite it all I give up I am a charlatan
8.
Gars 02:11
Lyrics / English Translation Dedicated to the boys Who will never understand my life The rain keeps falling The roof keeps leaking But that isn't the problem The problem is my drinking Dedicated to the boys Who will never undertsand the rain The electricity is out And I heard a strange noise But that isn't the problem The problem is my bangs Thanks a lot for your contribution But I found a new solution Uncork a bottle and drink to my health And you know that it's true I could be lucky in love I could be lucky in love I could be lucky in love I could be lucky in love with And you know that it's true I could be lucky in love I could be lucky in love with you Dedicated to the boys... Dedicated to the boys...
9.
Fraise 02:11
Lyrics / English Translation My dogs eat better than I do My family is often strange I burned all my cash in the fireplace And my dogs have no more champagne My sister smells like a flea market My childhood was like Mardi Gras It's hard to pay the price for mistakes you didn't make But a dog doesn't know what I mean, Yes Ma'am! A dog doesn't know what I mean. [Interlude] I feel we could get drunk and nothing would happen And we would remain platonic But a dog knows nothing about Plato And I don't know an asshole from a friend That's right! I don't know an asshole from a friend
10.
Bois 02:15
11.
Funérailles 02:12
Lyrics / English Translation: Of course, Late for your funeral The inevitable coffin Incense and pipe organ And me Not kneeling Beneath the painted glass [Interlude] The limousine conversation Red flowers, gravediggers Leaning on their spades
12.
Réveille 03:49
Lyrics / English Translation When I awoke I cried to dream again I was demented It was a fleeting day
13.
Paname 02:50
Lyrics / English Translation I live, I smoke, I believe I do the things you read I feel, I breathe, I quit I burn like an umbrella In my box above the city I feel like an old gargoyle But I am not made of stone Sometimes I forget that Paris the whore Paris the rabbit Liberty, Egality, Puberty My foolish friend You believe nothing I say But I'm telling you the truth For me that's often complicated Paris the whore Paris this morning Liberty, Legality, Puberty and Insecurity, Fragility, Duplicity, Mortality

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International novelty act Croque Madame consists of Dave Perlis [WFMU's Night People, Hexa, Traiteurs Asiatiques], Post-Splunk DIY icon Rob Storey [Resonance FM, Orchestre Murphy] and newcomer, French vocalist Florence Raynaud.

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released December 1, 2019

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