You can't tell me
How to live
Since tyranny
We overthrew
At the fall of
The Bastille
If you tell
A Frenchman
What to do
Or if you tell him
What not to do
He will only give
One look at you
But the look
Will be nasty
For France will
Always curl her
Lip at those who
Block her way
And to ev'ry form
Of censorship
The French will
Always say
Vive la liberte
Live and let live
Be and let be
Hear and let hear
See and let see
Sing and let sing
Dance and
Let dance
I like Offenbach
You do not
So what so what
So what
Read and let read
Write and let write
Love and let love
Bite and let bite
Live and let live
And remember
This line
Your business is
Your business
And my business
Is mine
Live and let live
Be and let be
Hear and let hear
See and let see
Drink and let drink
Eat and let eat
You like
Bouillabaisse
I do not so what
So what so what
Pray and let pray
Slip and let slip
Dress and let dress
Strip and let strip
Live and let live
And remember
This line
Your business is
Your business
And my business
Is mine