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L​’​ing​é​nue

from Mal Habill​é​e (The French EP) by Dawn Landes

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Mais dites moi
Que puis-je faire pour nous?
Vous ne mendiez qu’un rendez-vous
Quand je vous ai pris pour un fou
Vous ne teniez qu’à peine debout

Quand ce n’était que le debut
Vous ne m’aviez encore décue
Malgré votre idée saugrenue
Que je n’étais qu’une ingénue

Quand ce n’était que le débat
Vous me guettiez dans mes ébats
Vous vous mettiez dans un état
Quand vous commandiez un déca

Vous me parliez de déco
Lisiez des mots dans le dico
Je sucais une glace Miko
Vous ressembliez à Nico (moi)

Nous n’étions que des abrutis
Déjà amants, déjà pétris
D’amours amers et d’insomnies
Quand nous étions ces abrutis

ENGLISH TRANSLATION
The Ingenue

But tell me,
What can I do for us?
You begged for just a rendez-vous
When I took you for a fool
You could barely stand

Even in the beginning
You had not yet disappointed me
Despite your bizarre idea
That I was just an “ingénue”

When it was only a debate
You were watching me and my antics
You put yourself in a state
When you ordered a decaf

You talk about Art Deco
Reading words out of the dictionary
I’m licking an ice cream
“You look like Nico” (me?)

We were just idiots
Already lovers, already steeped
In bitter love and insomnia
When we were idiots

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from Mal Habill​é​e (The French EP), released June 5, 2012

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Dawn Landes Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Dawn Landes is a singer-songwriter with roots in Kentucky and NYC, now living in North Carolina. She has released multiple albums and her songs have been featured in commercials, popular films, and TV shows. Landes tours internationally and has performed with The Boston Pops, NYC Ballet, and at TED. ... more

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