The Cat

I would like to dedicate this jazzy Aristocats-like track — a true piece of anthology from our French Rolling Stones — to my reckless Tomcat who feared nothing but the flea powder and whom I miss so much especially today. Cat's really you!¹

Ey@el

Le Chat

Claws in
The love robber
Is a cat
He enjoys night
Lights

Dancing along
Easy, gentle
He goes
Where he pleases
Leaves anyway he can

In the midnight hour
He's behind you
All that glitters is his

Around Place Pigalle²
Or Place de l'Étoile³
No passageway's too tiny
For the little scoundrel

Jumping from
One chimney to the other
Raffish, hot-eyed
This intriguing animal
With a vertical grin
Doesn't know when he hurts

In the midnight hour
He's behind you
At noon, he's away

Claws in
The love robber —
The cat
Is back

Well, this is the end!⁴

Endnotes

1. ^ Pun made out another songtitle by Téléphone called "Ça, c'est vraiment toi" (That's really you).
2. ^ The Place Pigalle is a public square located in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, between the Boulevard de Clichy and the Boulevard de Rochechouart, near Sacré-Cœur, at the foot of the Montmartre hill.
3. ^ The Place de l'Étoile (Square of the Star) is a large road junction in Paris, the meeting point of twelve straight avenues including the Champs-Élysées. It was renamed Place Charles de Gaulle in 1970 following the death of General and President Charles de Gaulle but it is still often referred to by its original name.
4. ^ Sung in English in the original lyrics.

Original text by CORINNE MARIENNEAU translated from French by EY@EL
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