Jolie Annie de l′année dernière - la la la la A qui as-tu donné tes yeux verts Ton petit ventre plat Et tes petites cuisses de gazelle - la la la la Quel est celui qui court derrière elles Le soir au fond des boîtes
Jolie Annie de l′année dernière - la la la la Je suis un comme un légionnaire Sortant du Sahara Pourtant j′ai des Annies à la pelle - la la la la Anouchkas, Annettes, Annabelles Des Annas pas si belles que ça
Oh Annie, l′Annie de l′année dernière Qu′elle m′ennuie, l′Annie d′aujourd′hui
Jolie Annie de l′année dernière - la la la la Voit-on toujours tes seins à travers Tes petites T-shirts en soie J′aimerais bien les voir se pointer - la la la la Quelqu′un me les a empruntés Ils s′appellent reviens-moi
Oh Annie, l′Annie de l′année dernière Qu′elle m′ennuie, l′Annie d′aujourd′hui
If some of y′all never been down sout too much, I′m gonna tell you a little about this so that you′ll Understand what I′m talkin′ about ... Down there we have a plant that grows out in the woods, And in the field ... looks somethin like a turnip green, And everybody calls it poke salad ... poke salad; Used to know a girl lived down there and she′d go out In the evenings and pick her a mess of it, carry it Home and cook it for supper, cause that′s about all they Had to eat, but they did all right.
Down in Lou′siana, where the alligators grow so mean, There lived a girl that I swear to the world, Made the alligators look tame, Poke Salad Annie, Poke Salad Annie Everybody said it was a shame, cause her Mama was a workin on the chain gang (a mean, vicious woman)
Every day ′fore suppertime, she′d go down by the truck patch, And pick her a mess o′ poke salad and carry it home in a tote sack, Poke Salad Annie, The gators got your granny, Everybody said it was a shame, cause her Mama was a workin on the chain gang (a wretched, spiteful, straight razor totin′ woman, Lord have mercy, pick me a mess of it)
Her daddy was lazy and no count, claimed he had a bad back, & All her brothers were fit for, was stealin watermelons out of my truck patch, Poke Salad Annie, The gators got your granny, Everybody said it was a shame, cause her Mama was a workin on the chain gang (sock a little poke salad to me, you know I need me a mess of it)
Annie, you had your name in the bright lights. I thought I saw your photograph having such a laugh in a magazine, Did it all come tumbling? Annie, you were made for the big time. They said you′re a star to be in the NME, But the walls came tumbling down, down. Will you go down on me? ′Cause Annie you′re a star, that′s just not going very far. And all the world will know your name, And you′ll be famous as you are ′cause I′ll sing for you. Annie, would it be nice to be recognised? And did you practise your autograph but now no one′s asked and it′s such a shame, That the dreams are crumbling? Annie, why aren′t you bathed in the limelight? ′Cause I thought that you said you′d be a celebrity several years ago. Did it all come tumbling down, down. Will you go down on me? ′Cause Annie you′re a star, that′s just not going very far. And all the world will know your name, And you′ll be famous as you are ′cause I′ll sing for you.
There was a girl named Annie, she had a very pretty face And not the way you think so let me see if I can try to explain it She had a smile that could light up the room and if she moved it′d be moving in you But she wasn′t like a magazine, she was just plain Jane and her name was Annie
She never looked in the mirror, she never liked what she would see And even if I tried to tell her, she never listened to a word I′d say She always wanted what she never had, but never had what she needed so badly Someone telling her she was fine and that′s not right and it′s why I′m saying
Annie don′t be shy here, Annie don′t just lie there, looks don′t make the world go round but it comes around Annie don′t be shy here, Annie please don′t cry here, I always have to stop myself Cause you′re beautiful
I didn′t know if I could tell her, I didn′t know if I could make her see She didn′t need to find her beauty, she didn′t need to find a way to show me They took her moments of feeling alive and made them moments of dying inside She needed someone to scream her name, to take her pain and it′s why I′m screaming
Annie don′t be shy here, Annie don′t just lie there, looks don′t make the world go round but it comes around Annie don′t be shy here, Annie please don′t cry here, I always have to stop myself Cause you′re beautiful
And Annie you are the one sight my eyes never tire of, it′s like I cannot get enough of you Annie you are the one song left in my symphony, like you were made for me
Annie don′t be shy here, Annie don′t just lie there, looks don′t make the world go round but it comes around Annie don′t be shy here, Annie please don′t cry here, I always have to stop myself Cause you′re beautiful