(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
[Applause]