Bonjour, bonne nuit, au revoir, salut
 Les jeux sont faits et rien ne va plus
 Une cocotte au cabaret
 Un general sur les Champs-Elysees
 Des sans-culotte a la Bastille
 Monsieur Guillotin et Madame Guillotine
 Francoise Hardy, Jacques Dutronc
 Josephine et Napoleon

 [bad word] ci, [bad word] ca
 C'est la vie, c'est la mort
 [bad word] ci, [bad word] ci, [bad word] ca
 C'est la vie, c'est la mort, c'est la mort

 Une baguette, du chocolat
 Un cafe au lait, un coca-cola
 Sur la Cote d'Azur, le soleil rit
 Mais bien sur il pleut a Paris
 ... (Oh la la moi j'en ai marre alors!)
 Monsieur Dupont habite sous un pont
 Au centre de la "Grande Nation"
 Croque-Monsieur, Croque-Madame
 Il dort sur le macadam

 [bad word] ci, [bad word] ca
 C'est la vie, c'est la mort
 [bad word] ci, [bad word] ci, [bad word] ca
 C'est la vie, c'est la mort, c'est la mort

Translated to English:

 Hello, goodnight, goodbye, hello
 The chips are down and nothing goes
 casserole to the cabaret
 Summary on the Champs-Elyses
 Sans-culotte la Bastille
 Mr. and Mrs. Hung Guillotin
 Francoise Hardy, Jacques Dutronc
 Josephine and Napoleon

 It's like this, it's like that
 That's life that's death
 It's like this like this it's like that
 That's life that's death that's death

 baguette, chocolate
 coffee with milk, a coca-cola
 On the Azure coast, the sun laughs
 But it rains in Paris
 ... (Oh, me so [bad word] off!)
 Mr. Smith lives under a bridge
 At the center of the "Great Nation"
 Croque-Monsieur, Croque-Madame
 He sleeps on the pavement

 It's like this, it's like that
 That's life that's death
 It's like this, it's like this, it's like that
 That's life that's death, that's death