I am successful in my business
I am successful in my love life
I often change secretaries

I have my office at the top of a tower
From where I see the city upside down
From where I control my universe

I spend half of my life in the air
Between New York and Singapore
I always travel first class

I have a secondary residence
In all the Hiltons of the world
I can't stand misery

(At least are you happy?)
I'm not happy but I look like it
I've lost my sense of humor
Since I got a sense of business

I succeeded and I'm proud of it
Deep down I have only one regret
I'm not doing what I would have liked to do

(What do you want, my old friend?)
(In life, we do what we can)
(Not what we want)

I would have liked to be an artist
To be able to perform my act
When the plane lands on the runway
In Rotterdam or Rio

I would have liked to be a singer
To be able to shout who I am
I would have liked to be a writer
To be able to invent my life
To be able to invent my life

I would have liked to be an actor
To change skins every day
And to be able to find myself beautiful
On a big screen in color
On a big screen in color

I would have liked to be an artist
To have the world to remake
To be able to be an anarchist
And live like a millionaire
And live like a millionaire

I would have liked to be an artist
Humm
Fa-la-li, fa-la-la
To be able to say why I exist

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