Serge Gainsbourg's three million Mona Lisas. 1986.

Serge Gainsbourg (1928.1991)

Autographed notes signed.

One page in quarto

No place or date [Paris. 1986]

In preparation for his anthology published by Denoël, Mon propre rôle, Serge Gainsbourg corrects, validates and signs with his initials the text of his song Trois millions de jocondes published in 1977.

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I had three million Mona Lisas made for me

On toilet paper

And every morning I piss off his penny

Ambiguous laughter

It's sweet, it's sweet, it's sweet

Soft, soft, soft

This is how I get my revenge on everyone

Your girls

Who screwed me over with their smiles

Mona Lisa

Go find love somewhere else

My little darlings

I got into a mess with the sou-

Laughter that smiles

Goodbye girls, I'm going to go console myself

In the VCs.

With Leo's pretty doll-

Nard de VC.

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Recorded in London in May 1977, the song Trois millions de jocondes was released as a 45 rpm single the same year.