There was the tango of the warblers
There was Manon's tango
The tango of the mouths and of La Villette
And the tango of the butterflies
But me and my friends aim too high
The one we love above all
The one that really drives us crazy
It's the greatest, it's the most beautiful
It's the tango of Massy-Palaiseau

With the accordion piano
That swings its tremolo
With the vermicelli soup
That makes us strong
We make the ladies dance
Playing Marlon Brando
You should see the grasshoppers spin
Over there by Longjumeau
It's the tango of Massy-Palaiseau

And when Landru, that old bastard
Cut his wife into little pieces
She asked him in a sob
Please don't saw my bones
He replied "I do what I want
Because I am the king of tango
And I dance it much better
Than Rudolph and Valentino"
It's the tango of Massy-Palaiseau

It's by forging that one becomes a blacksmith
It's by eating soup that one grows
And it's by playing the lumberjack
That one day Leonardo Da Vinci
But if I became so foolish
If I've had worries since the cradle
It's because at the end of the Sceaux line
One day I passed through Massy
It's the tango of Massy-Palaiseau

And if I sing this tango
A bit silly, a bit retro
It's to tell you in a few words
"Come on guys, take the subway
Come take a tour by my place
Where there are still some real Julos
Who know how to dance like in the old days
The tango they have in their skin"
It's the tango of Massy-Palaiseau

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