Translation of ''Vade Retro '' by Joe Dassin

Song: Vade Retro

Artist: Joe Dassin

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If you sing nonsense*

It's a winner, you've found the method

In six months you're be in style

Don't think too much, vade retro**

I saw the little church

So close to the sweet tavern

It was the time of the cherries

Don't think too much, vade retro

The chorus, it's the same

Since the Greeks and the Ostrogoths

And we dance, we advance

Then go backwards like in a tango

We turn around, we return to the beginning

We watch the new wave leave

To the bottom of an old drawer

If your girlfriends wears the dresses

Fit for Cléo de Mérode

It's not for fun, it's the fashion

Don't think too much, vade retro

I saw the kings of petrol

Burning in Monte-Carlo

Hold on, it's just the roaring twenties

Don't think too much, vade retro

The chorus, it's the same

Since the Greeks and the Ostrogoths

And we dance, we advance

Then go backwards like in a tango

We turn around, we return to the beginning

We watch the new wave leave

To the bottom of an old drawer

Each has its ''belle époque''

For them, it's the rococo

For you, it's time to rock

Don't think too much, vade retro

*The phrase ''mon cul sur la commode" is used to indicate nonsense, so he's basically saying ''if you sing something that doesn't even make sense''.

**Vade retro means ''go back'' or ''step back'', which plays well with the dancing theme of the song.