[Verse 1]
Misunderstood
At an early age
At an early age
I couldn’t read the signs
I couldn’t read the pages
I couldn’t read the pages
I felt like a stranger
So I didn’t speak
I didn’t speak
I just said

[Chorus 1]
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ohh Ohh
When they spoke to me
I just said
Ohh Ohh Ohh Ohh Ohh
Pardon, je n’ai pas compris

[Verse 2]
As time seemed to pass
& I learned the language
I learnt the language
But I felt disconnected
From my mothers tongue
- I couldn’t understand it
& she looked at me
With such disbelief
Is when I couldn’t speak
I just said

[Chorus 2]
Ohh Ohh Ohh Ohh Ohh
When she spoke to me
& I just said
Ohh Ohh Ohh Ohh Ohh
Pardon, je n’ai pas compris

[Big Breakdown]
But I seem to find my way around
These complicated foreign sounds
But had no-one had told me there would be
All of these changes
This city’s an awful place to be
It's poisoned the air I breathe
& I will not stay where I'm not wanted
But I don't want to leave

[Instrumental Break]
Ahhh ahhh ahhh ahhh
Ahhh ahhh ahhh ahhh
Ahhh ahhh ahhh ahhh
Ahhh ahhh ahhh ahhh

[Verse 3]
So no matter where I go
I know where I came from
I know where I came from
'Cause I speak in a tone
That speaks to the soul
& you know how it goes

[Chorus 3]
When it says
Ohh Ohh Ohh Ohh Ohh
When it spoke to me
When it says
Ohh Ohh Ohh Ohh Ohh
When it spoke to me
Mais je n’ai pas compris