So far on earth, a man could be
White or black, or red, or yellow and that's it
But another race is emerging:
It's the zazous, it's the zazous!
A false collar that goes up to the tonsils,
With a jacket that goes down to the knees
Hair cut down to the spine:
That's the zazou, that's the zazou!

Chorus:
There are zazous in my neighborhood
Me, I'm already halfway there;
One of these days it will be your turn
You will all be zazous like them
Because the zazou, it's contagious
It starts with a tremor
That suddenly takes you
And then you scream
Ah! wa da la di dou da di dou la wa wa!

If you meet one day on your way,
A particular person wearing a soft cheese hat
Holding in his fingers, a fish in a cage:
It's a zazou! it's a zazou!
If your grocer tells you: "I have Gruyère
But unfortunately, only the holes are left"
Don't assume he's fleeing from the coffee pot:
He is zazou, he is zazou!

Chorus:
There are zazous in my neighborhood
Me, I'm already halfway there:
One of these days it will take you
Ah! wa da la di dou da di dou la wa wa!

To her future son-in-law, the day before yesterday my concierge
Said: "see my daughter is a jewel"
She is even better than if she were a virgin!
She is zazou! she is zazou!
Taking the train, I saw the station master
Who told me my dear, I'm not a cuckold anymore
I am something much rarer
I am zazou, I am zazou!

Chorus:
There are zazous in my neighborhood
Me, I'm already halfway there
One of these days it will take you
Ah! wa da la di dou da di dou la wa wa!

To society, having to pay his debt
In front of the guillotine, Gégène said: "I don't care"
It's been a long time since I lost my head
I am zazou! I am zazou!
With a high society woman from Place Pigalle
My friend Léon, has done all sorts of things
It worked for him, because for his twenty-five francs
He is zazou! he is zazou!

Chorus:
There are zazous in my neighborhood
Me, I'm already halfway there
And one of these days it will be my turn
They will end up taking me
To a mental asylum
Among zazous we will find each other
And it's crazy how much we will laugh
When under the shower we will sing
Ah! wa da la di dou da di dou la wa wa!

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