(Georges Brassens live at Bobino Theater - Paris)
[Applause and musical intro]
# When they are bright new
# Barely hatched
# Barely out of their cocoon
# All young greenhorns
# See all coots
# As jerks
# When they've become
# White heads
# Grey-haired
# All old ovens
# See the young floks
# as jerks
# As I hover in between two ages
# I'm sending them a message
# Time is immaterial
# When you're a jerk, you're a jerk
# Whether your twenty or a grandfather
# When you're a jerk, you're a jerk
# So stop arguing
# You obsolete jerks and newbie jerks
# Little jerks barely born
# Old jerks or yore
# Little jerks barely born
# Old jerks of yore
# You, young jerks in progress
# Clueless jerks
# Young jerks
# Who - don't deny it -
# See your dads
# as jerks
# You, elderly jerks
# Worn out jerks
# Old jerks
Who - fess it up
# See the little newbies
# As jerks
# Ponder the impartial message
# From one who hovers in between two ages
# Time is immaterial
# When you're a jerk, you're a jerk
# Whether your twenty or a grandfather
# When you're a jerk, you're a jerk
# So stop arguing
# You obsolete jerks and newbie jerks
# Little jerks barely born
# Old jerks of yore
# Little jerks barely born
# Old jerks of yore
[Applause]