Formerly the clercs Naguere les concierges 
were in vogue etaient en vogue 
From now on they've Desormais on les a 
been replaced by (...) remplaces par des (...) 
In my town there were Dans ma ville il n'y 
no parking meters avait pas de parcmetre 
I used to see Je voyais des ouvriers 
workers eating manger des sandwichs a 
omelet sandwiches l'omelette 
(is omelet = to beatten eggs ?) 
The [bad word] back to my mind Le passe me revient 
like a cup-and-ball [bad word] un bilboquet 
The presence of an omnipresent La presence d'un passe 
past hasn't gone omnipresent n'est pas passee 
The Halles, supplanted Les Halles, supplantees 
by the (Coste ?) par le (Coste ?) 
The allegory of the 'madeleines' L'allegorie des 
* (of Proust / which makes him remember scenes of the past) 
swifts away at the madeleines file a la 
speed of Prost vitesse de Prost 
* (AlainProst, formula 1 racing car world champion) 
The air was pure there, L'air y etait pur, 
Paris more beautiful Paris plus beau 
Now, the subway fare rises Desormais le ticket de 
like the metro [bad word] le 
number of cars nombre d'autos. 
Oh [bad word]  there's no more Oh [bad word]  a la tele 
speakerine on TV y a plus de speakrine 
There are B-series movies Y a des films de serie 
that I estimate que j'estime a 
at four cents quatre centimes 
(...) gives me two, (...) me file deux, 
three little coins trois piecette 
That I peep, and my intellect Que je mate, et mon intellect 
find that they are obsolete constate qu'ils sont obsoletes 

Verse Two: 

Obsolete, but with much style, Obsolete, mais stylee, 
the sentence that follows la phrase qui suivra 
The man who picks up the L'homme qui capte le 
(guy) and whose (mec) et don't le nom 
name has a double a possede un double a 
The fence (...) crossbow La barriere (...) arbalete 
Which (...) Qui (...) 
Which is (the approach) Qui est (l'abord) 
for decades depuis des decennies  [bad word] off with on my soul Une main basse sur mon ame 
so that he slows down pour qu'il avance au ralenti 
But the great manitou, Mais le grand manitou, 
handles everything, (...) manie tout, (...) 
Of the masks, Des masques la musique 
the music has cloaked the place, a masque la place, 
one mortgages then on hypotheque puis 
* Writes down in italics Inscrit en italiques 
* on his agenda sur son agenda 
* The top list of the (stuffs) Le top des [bad word] ?) 
he doesn't like qu'il n'aime pas 
In brief, to be Bref, pour etre clair 
clear-cut et net 
* the belly-tail (????) Le ventre-queue 
* is [bad word] by [bad word] 
* an ear plug (used by TV hosts to get info) de l'oreillette 
Exactly like, to my ears, [bad word] a mes 
'my fly' [of trousers] oreilles, 'ma braguette' 
Teams up and rhymes S'acoquine et rime 
with 'obsolete' avec 'obsolete' 

Verse Three: 

Obsolete is also Obsolete est aussi 
the teaser who l'allumeuse qui 
Wore a hair-net and Portait des bas resilles 
* bas =pantyhose 
stenched patshleaf et empestait le patchouli 
For done services Pour des services 
she says to me rendus elle me dit 
''I pay you in kind'' ''Je te paye en nature'' 
And I stay stoic Et je reste stoique 
when she holds out jams quand elle me tend 
to me des confitures 
This is forgotten when Ceci est oublie quand 
on the month of december au mois de decembre 
She telephones and says Elle me telephone et me  [bad word] pick me up'' dit ''Passe me prendre'' 
In brief, I abuse of her Bref, j'en abuse 
with a delectable feeling avec delectation 
(...) like some mead, [bad word] de l'hydromel, 
I am in affection je suis en affection 
* Then i slide, [bad word] Puis me glisse, m'immisce 
between the smooth thighs