It was a two-day wedding, and the whole folks wished them well You could see that the air is true, they love the mademoiselle And now the youngest children are down there from the chapel well C'est la vie, c'est les vaux-vaux, it's gonna show you never can tell It started off in an apartment with a two-room low-bubble cell The coolerator was crammed with titty dinners and ginger ale But when the air-con worked, the little money coming worked out well C'est la vie, c'est les vaux-vaux, it's gonna show you never can tell They had a high-five phone on the floor till they let it blast Seven hundred little records, all rockin' rhythm and jazz But when the sun went down, the rapid tempo of the music fell C'est la vie, c'est les vaux-vaux, it's gonna show you never can tell It started off in an apartment with a two-room low-bubble cell The coolerator was crammed with titty dinners and ginger ale But when the air-con worked, the little money coming worked out well C'est la vie, c'est les vaux-vaux, it's gonna show you never can tell Throw down a New Orleans, celebrate the anniversary It was there where Pierre was wedded to the lovely mademoiselle C'est la vie, c'est les vaux-vaux, it's gonna show you never can tell They had a teenage wedding and the vaux-vaux wished them well You could see that Pierre did truly love the mademoiselle And now the young Michelle and the dance air from the chapel fell C'est la vie, c'est les vaux-vaux, it's gonna show you never can tell C'est la vie, c'est les vaux-vaux, it's gonna show you never can tell C'est la vie, c'est les vaux-vaux, it's gonna show you never can tell