LITERAL TRANSLATION
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Welcome
Welcome to Lilly Town valley
The city colour[ful] and fit
Granny [Smith's] apple
London
Or Rome in comparison are old-fashioned
Here there's no Miss Hilton
Paris is surprised
In LillyTown
The children dance
To old Motown [songs]
In the school classes
There is even
A sky so blue
That one can see Lucy there
That one can even see there if one wants to
John ou Gandhi
Or there one writes oneself some gentle words like
Al and Simone
Lilly in her bed dreams of Lilly Town
Seven
Little men wander
In the sleeping woods
Whistling [the song] Angie of [by] the Rolling Stones
While getting [some fresh] air
The nuns
Have wimples full of ice-cream
The earpieces imagine
Singing Lennon
In Lilly Town
The children bolt
To old Motown [songs]
Dance with the trolls
There is even
A sky so blue
That one can see Lucy there
That one can even see there if one wants to
John or Gandhi
Or there one writes oneself some gentle words like
Al and Simone
Lilly in her bed dreams of Lilly Town
In Lilly Town
The children dance
To old Motown [songs]
In the school classes
There is even
A sky so blue
That one can see Lucy there
That one can even do there all one wants to
According to their wishes
Where one can grab a baby nap
In Al Capone's place
The desire takes the tram to Lilly Town
Ad libitum
Was the trip
[To] sweep away delay [by acting like]
Bree and [do] the housekeeping
Delighted
With the blue of the sky
And the fa B fa G
The other stars, also seen
The do, sealed with the G
Coconut milk chocolate macadamiam cookies
And every night the men
Who play [games with the ladies or] checkers
In Lilly Town
Even the time dances
To the old Motown [songs]
During the hours of detention
There is even
A sky so blue
That one can see Lucy there
That one can even see there if one wants to
John or Gandhi
Or there one writes oneself some gentle words like
Al and Simone
Lilly in her bed dreams of Lilly Town
In Lilly Town
The children bolt
To the old Motown [beat]
Above the bramble / barbed wire?
There is even
The blue of the sky
And the fa B fa G
The other stars, also seen
The do, sealed with the G
Coconut milk chocolate macadamiam cookies
Lilly town is a dream
For all these ladies
ORIGINAL LYRICS 1
© 2007 Wisteria Song / Sony BMG Music
Éditions: Sony ATV Publishing - Sir Sid / Sir Sid
WelcomeBienvenue à Lilly Town valley
La ville color et en forme
Granny pomme 2
London
Ou Rome à côté sont démodées
Ici pas de miss Hilton
Paris s’étonne
À Lilly Town
Les enfants dansent
Sur des vieux Motown
Dans les cours d’école
Y a méme
Un ciel si bleu
Qu’on peut y voir Lucy 3
Qu’on peut y voir méme si l’on veut
John 4 ou Gandhi ou l’on
S’écrit des mots doux comme
Al et Simone 5
Lilly dans son lit rêve à Lilly Town
Seven
Petits hommes errent
Dans les bois dormants
Sifflent Angie des Rolling Stones
En changeant l’air
Les nonnes
Ont des cornettes pleines d'ice-cream
Des oreillettes imaginent
Chanter Lennon
À Lilly Town
Les enfants volent
Sur des vieux Motown
Dansent avec les trolls
Y a même
Un ciel si bleu
Qu’on peut y voir Lucy
Qu’on peut y voir même si l’on veut
John ou Gandhi ou l’on
S’écrit des mots doux comme
Al et Simone
Lilly dans son lit rêve à Lilly Town
À Lilly Town
Les enfants dansent
Sur des vieux Motown
Dans les cours d’école
Y'a même
Un ciel si bleu
Qu’on peut y voir Lucy
Qu’on peut y faire tout ce qu’on veut
Selon ses voeux
Où l’on pique un tout petit somme
Chez Al Capone
Le désir prend le tram à Lilly Town
Ad libitum
Fut le voyage
Balai delay faire
Bree 6 et le menage
Ravie
Du bleu du ciel
Et des fa si fa sol 7
Des autres étoiles, aussi vu le do 7,
Scellées au sol coco
Lait chocolat cookies macadamiam 8
Et chaque soir des hommes
Qui jouent aux dames
À Lilly Town
Même le temps danse
Sur des vieux Motown
Dans les heures de colle
Y'a même
Un ciel si bleu
Qu’on peut y voir Lucy
Qu’on peut y voir même si l’on veut
John ou Gandhi ou l’on
S’écrit des mots doux comme
Al et Simone
Lilly dans son lit rêve à Lilly Town
À Lilly Town
Les enfants volent
Sur des vieux Motown
Au-dessus des ronces
Y'a même
Le bleu du cieI
Et des fa si fa sol
Des autres étoiles, aussi vu le do,
Scellées au sol coco
Lait chocolat cookies macadamiam
Lilly town est un rêve
Pour toutes ces dames
1 Album version.
NB: some words
have been wrapped or split here
to flow
more easily with the sung rhythm
2 Granny Smith: an apple variety
3 The Beatles' track "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
4 John Lennon
5 Al[-bert Camus?] & Simone de Beauvoir
6Bree, a house-proud character in the
"Desperate Housewives" TV series
7 Musical notes: fa, si = B and sol = G
8 Wordplay on "miam-miam" (yum-yum) motif
from the Gourmandises performance dress (2001 - 2003)
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Welcome
Welcome to our Lilly Town valley
Living colourful in form
Inside our town
London
Or Rome by their way so yesterday
Here she passed by miss Hilton
Paris bygone
In Lilly Town
The children dance
Sounds of old Motown
Master class for all
See there
A sky so blue
Can you see there Lucy
Can you see there too if you want
John or Gandhi or when
You write soft words like some
Al and Simone
Lilly dance in your dreams of Lilly Town
Seven
Foresters there
Sleeping in their dorm
Keeps Angie a Rolling Stone
By changing air
See none
Of them forfeit their fill of ice-cream
By magic hearing aids seem
To sing Lennon
In Lilly Town
The children bolt
Sounds of old Motown
Dancing with the trolls
See there
A sky so blue
Can you see there Lucy
Can you see there too if you want
John or Gandhi or when
You write soft words like some
Al and Simone
Lilly dance in your dreams of Lilly Town
In Lilly Town
The children dance
Sounds of old Motown
Master class for all
See there
A sky so blue
Can you see there Lucy
Can you see there too if you want
As you like to
Dream on in forty winks at most
Capone's your host
Wishing here rolls you back to Lilly Town
Ad libitum
Flew to the edge
Time to sweep it clear
Free to trim the hedge
What glee
So blue the sky
Hear the music pass all
The blazing stars, who's seen to let go,
Scintillating they go
Milk chocolate cookies macadamiam
At night you see them come
Play for Madame
In Lilly Town
In time to dance
Sounds of old Motown
Ringing through the hall
See there
A sky so blue
Can you see there Lucy
Can you see there too if you want
John or Gandhi or when
You write soft words like some
Al and Simone
Lilly dance in your dreams of Lilly Town
In Lilly Town
The children bolt
Sounds of old Motown
Rambling through they dance
See there
This blue-lit sky
Hear the music pass all
The blazing stars, who's seen to let go,
Scintillating they go
Milk chocolate cookies macadamiam
Lilly town is a dream
For you Madame