Lyrics Dick Valentine - I Don't Speak French

I met a girl named Gabrielle,
She was dressed in black and young as hell,
She took me to her domicile,
Invited me to stay a while

She fed me breakfast and fed me wine,
And later on we took the time
To explore each other's areas,
Run into a language barrier

It can be so frustrating,
The way we insist on communicating,
But I do not parlez-vous you

I don't speak French,
But somehow I've gotten on a good time
Oh! I don't speak French,
But there's only one thing on her mind
Oh I…

"Voulez-vous, mon ami,
Bonsoir”, baby
Is all I know how to say right now,
But you can bet I'm learning how

Cause where I'm from, the thing to do
Is to paint yourself red, white and blue,
How about you?
Can you say you do the same thing too?

I'm just your average yankee
Trapped in a world of French hanky-panky,
But I do not parlez-vous you

I don't speak French,
But I've got a shit load of Euros,
Oh I! I don't speak French,
But that doesn't matter to French girls
Oh I…
Come on!

There's a plane on the ground at JFK,
For me it waits
To carry me away to you,
The things we did,
The things we didn't do,
Oh Gabrielle,
I learnt so much from you

You taught me how to surrender,
Instinctual behavior
From a time you don't remember,
But thank God the Allies
Crushed the Nazis on the 6th of November

I don't speak French,
But somehow I've gotten on a good time,
Oh I! I don't speak French,
But there's only one thing on her mind,
Oh yeah! I don't speak French,
But that doesn't matter to French girls,
Oh I! I don't speak French,
Cause it's useless most places in the world