Il chante, il gratte English translation

They have faces to do karaoke
Elles ont des tronches à faire du karaoké
To wiggle to "Gipsy King", "Bambolé-oh"
À s′trémousser sur "Gipsy King", "Bambolé-oh"
They are disco or flamenco
Elles sont disco ou flamenco
A zest of ecstasy and hello techno
Un zeste d'extasy et bonjour la techno
And he who has to play there this evening
Et lui qui doit jouer là ce soir
Oh, I don't feel her story
Oh, j′la sens pas son histoire

Because he sings, he strums only for those who love the blues
Car il chante, il gratte uniquement pour ceux qui aiment le blues
Okay, but not for those who think they are Andalusian
Okay, mais pas pour celles qui s'prennent pour des andalouses
He sings, he scratches, for the people of the night
Il chante, il gratte, pour les gens de la nuit
His guitar may be for sale, but we need to raise the prices
Sa guitare est peut-être à vendre, mais faut faire monter les prix

I feel that we are disturbing there, I see guys lurking around the bar
J'sens qu′on dérange là, j′vois rôder des types au bar
And they say to themselves "who is this guy? We were waiting for a star"
Et ils s' disent "qui c′est c'type? Nous, on attendait une star"
What they would like is a good slow song
Eux, c′qu'ils voudraient, c′est un bon slow
Because for flirting, rock and roll sucks
Car pour la drague, c'est nul le rock and roll
I'm his manager, I'm thinking about the money
J'suis son manager, j′pense au fric
Me the check, him the music
Moi l′chèque, lui, la musique

Because he sings, he scratches for all rhythm'n'blues fans
Car il chante, il gratte pour tous les fans de rythm'n′blues
Okay, but not for those who think they are Andalusian
Okay, mais pas pour celles qui s'prennent pour des andalouses
He sings, he scratches, for the people of the night
Il chante, il gratte, pour les gens de la nuit
His guitar may be for sale, but we need to raise the prices
Sa guitare est peut-être à vendre, mais faut faire monter les prix

He sings, he strums for all rhythm'n'blues fans
Il chante, il gratte pour tous les fans de rythm′n'blues
Okay, but not for those who think they are Andalusian
Okay, mais pas pour celles qui s′prennent pour des andalouses
He sings, he scratches, for the people of the night
Il chante, il gratte, pour les gens de la nuit
His guitar may be for sale, but we need to raise the prices
Sa guitare est peut-être à vendre, mais faut faire monter les prix