Nanette in Tokyo 🎬

Intro

"Konnichiwa!"

Verse 1

Ze plane, she land at Narita — so far from Saint-Germain

Ze city, she is — comment dire — not like Paris in ze rain

Ze taxi, she is clean — so clean — attend, how zey say — incroyable!

Ze driver, he bow to me — in Paris, zat is — eh — not so probable!

Ze apartment, she is tiny — mais très — how you say — origami?

Everything fold up — ze bed, ze table — c'est comme ça, ze Japanese way, mon ami!

(c'est pas possible, c'est pas possible)

(mon dieu, mon dieu!)

Pre-Chorus

Tokyo, Tokyo — ze city of ze future, I zink!

I am ready — I don't even blink!

Chorus

Nanette in Tokyo — kawaii, c'est la vie!

Tokyo, Tokyo, Tokyo — she is waiting just for me

C'est pas possible — but here I am, you see

Nanette in Tokyo — formidable, arigato!

Verse 2

Ze audition, she is — attend — very serious, zis one

Ze casting lady, she look at my dress — "no wrinkles!" — mon dieu, c'est done!

Ze Japanese models, zey smile at me — so sweet, so very kind

In Rome zey take my rouge — here zey offer me zeir — comment dire — face powder, so refined!

Ze agent, she bow, I bow, she bow — we bow for — eh — how long, zis?

I bow so much — ze baret, she fall — c'est pas possible — what is zis!

(c'est pas possible, c'est pas possible)

(mon dieu, mon dieu!)

Pre-Chorus

Tokyo, Tokyo — ze city of ze future, I zink!

I am ready — I don't even blink!

Chorus

Nanette in Tokyo — kawaii, c'est la vie!

Tokyo, Tokyo, Tokyo — she is waiting just for me

C'est pas possible — but here I am, you see

Nanette in Tokyo — formidable, arigato!

Bridge

Ze Shibuya crossing — attend — how zey say — everyone go at once!

I stand in ze middle — comment dire — like a very chic... dunce!

Ze screen, ze lights, ze music — c'est incroyable, zis place!

Ze people, zey walk around me — I just smile — with ze grace!

(c'est Nanette, très Nanette)

(so Nanette, oh Nanette)

(so Nanette — c'est comme ça!)

Verse 3

Ze ramen, she is — eh, how you say — very committed, zis soup

Ze sushi, she come on ze little train — I take ze whole group!

Ze matcha, she is everywhere — "pourquoi tout est vert?"

Ze vending machine, she sell — attend — hot and cold — c'est très alert!

Ze toilet, she have ze buttons — so many — comment dire — ze control panel, non?

In Paris we do not have zis — but I push zem all — et bon!

(c'est pas possible, c'est pas possible)

(mon dieu, mon dieu!)

Pre-Chorus

Tokyo, Tokyo — ze city of ze future, I zink!

I am ready — I don't even blink!

Chorus

Nanette in Tokyo — kawaii, c'est la vie!

Tokyo, Tokyo, Tokyo — she is waiting just for me

C'est pas possible — but here I am, you see

Nanette in Tokyo — formidable, arigato!

Outro

"Mon téléphone, she is dead — too many photos, zat is zat!"

Ze konbini man, he bow and smile — "please use mine, mademoiselle — imagine zat!"

"Papa... Tokyo, she is — comment dire — très technologique, you see"

"Oui papa... ze toilet, she have ze buttons — I push zem all — c'est magnifique, mon dieu!"

"Ze models here, zey smile and bow — and papa, zey give face powder, free!"

"Arigato — zat is merci — and papa, zat is me — totalement me!"

(c'est Nanette, très Nanette)

(so Nanette, oh Nanette)

(so Nanette — c'est comme ça!)

Spoken

"Kono ongaku wa DiscoPrincess ga tsukurimashita — Yoru no Joō"