I was really a whole lot happier then
Happier when I was a horse
When I pulled you in your carriage
Through the wide streets of Bordeaux
But you wanted me to be your lover
You wanted me to leave my mare
I was only a horse but you took advantage of me
You said that we should stay together
And every single night since then
Between your white satin sheets
I miss my stable so much
My stable and my mare
I was really a whole lot happier then
Happier when I was a horse
When you fed me my oats from a trough on the ground
But then one day you said you felt I should be more
You wanted me to learn good manners
To stand on my hind legs
I was only a horse but you tamed my wild heart
And now I am only wild about you
But every single night since then
When we dance the tango
I miss my stable so much
My stable and my galloping
I was really a whole lot happier then
Happier when I was a horse
When I walked with you on my back
Through the forest of Fontainebleau
But you wanted me to be a dancer
You wanted me to learn to sing
I was only a horse, yes, yes, but you abused me
But I loved you, so I’d be anything
And every single night since then
When I sing “ne me quitte pas”
I miss my stable so much
My stable and my former silence
And then suddenly you left me
For a zebra squat and striped
It was on the day I refused to
Teach you how to ride
But you had taken away my mare
My silence, my shoes
My stable, my gallop
All you left me were my teeth
And so since then I run and run
I run neighing across the land
Having nothing more to do with love
Either of women or of horses
I was really a whole lot happier then
Happier when I was a horse
When I pulled you in your carriage
When I was a horse and you were a camel