Translation by RMJ with help of Needles


Pretty sixteen
Beautiful heroine
Of the sixties
You hip-swaying
You are divine
When you dance in the eyes of Andy

Goodbye be-bop
On the top
It's pop-art
That runs you down
To the trap
Pop-corn and hula hoop

Dream of glory and fortune
Chic in Chanel love is always glamour
At exhibitions you pose and expose youself
To 400ASA you dare
All the poses

Fifty-sixty
Born in the fifties sexy sixties
So excited
On ecstasy
Foolishly she believes all that Andy
That Andy tells to her
That she's the most beautiful
Of all the models

Like an icon
Under the Nikon
Tou turn the head
On the velvet
And Nico
Want you far away from Lou Reed

In East Village
There's no age
We are all young
Take along me
Yellow taxi
From which the legend comes

Dream of glory and fortune
Chic in Chanel love will always be glamour
I look you on polaroid
You know the time has not
Aged at all

Fifty-sixty
Born in the fifties sexy sixties
So excited
On ecstasy
Foolishly she believes all that we say
What we say about her
That she's the most beautiful
Of all the models

The flower power
Is dead on the dance floor
The electro, the punk does not yet exist
Catch the roll of the rockers
Time was changed
The rock rolls on rollers
The pop is popping

The flower power
Is dead of it's natural death
New-wave and techno does not yet exist
Go play your last role
There's no more the dandy
But you still dance in the eyes of Warhol

Fifty-sixty
Born in the fifties sexy sixties
So excited
On ecstasy
Foolishly she believes all that we say
What we say about her
That she's the most beautiful
The most beautiful

Fifty-sixty,
Born in the fifties sexy sixties
So excited
On ecstasy
Foolishly she believes all that we say
What we say about her
That she's the most beautiful
Of all the models

alternate translation:

(traduction en anglais par Roman)

Pretty sixteen
Beautiful heroine
Of the sixties
You sway about
You are divine
When you dance in the eyes of Andy

Goodbye bebop
More on top *1
It's pop-art
That gives you the boot *2
Pop-corn and hoola-hoop

Dream of glory and fortune
Chic in Chanel, love is always glamour
At exhibitions you pose and expose youself
To 400ASA you dare
All the poses *3

Fifty-sixty
Born in fifty sexy sixty
So exciting
(She) becomes ecstatic
Naive she believes all that Andy
That Andy tells her
That she is the most beautiful
Of all the models

As an icon
Under the Nikon
You turn your head
To the Velvet *4
And Nico
Would like you far from Lou Reed *5

In East Village
There's no age
We are all young
Take me
Yellow taxi
There from where the legend comes

Dream of glory and fortune
Chic in Chanel, love will always be glamour
I look at you on polaroid
You know the time has not aged a bit *6

Fifty-sixty
Born in fifty sexy sixty
So exciting
(She) becomes ecstatic
Naive she believes all that they say
That they say about her
That she is the most beautiful
Of all the models

Flower power
Died on the dance floor
Electro, punk does not exist yet
Take the roll'n' away to the rockers *7
We had a change of epoch
The rock rolls on rollers
The pop is popping

Flower power
Died an easy/natural death
New wave and techno does not yet exist
Go play your last role
It's no longer the dandy *8
But you still dance in the eyes of Warhol

Fifty sixty,
Born in the fifties,
Sexy sixties,
So excited,
On ecstasy,
Foolishly she believes, all that we say
What we say about her,
That she's the most beautiful
(The most beautiful)

Fifty-sixty
Born in fifty sexy sixty
So exciting
(She) becomes ecstatic
Naive she believes all that they say
That they say about her
That she is the most beautiful
Of all the models

*1 Bebop gave way to pop-art in popularity as the fifties moved into the sixties is what this says.
*2 idiomatic expression something like this. trappe = trap door and te sape = undermines you.
*3 oddly enough, it sure seems like it should be pose, but pose in French is spelled the same. Pause is like break or pause.
*4 Reference to The Velvet Underground.
*5 Nico and Lou Reed were lovers for a time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Reed
*6 has not taken a wrinkle. – idiomatic expression
*7 This line is particulary difficult especially since enlever has so many definitions.
*8 This "role" is no longer considered hip or impressive.