This lyrics is pending review, it may present translation problems. verse 1. Joe the taxi. He doesn't go everywhere. He doesn't walk with soda. His yellow sax. Knows all the streets by heart. All the little bars. All the black corners.

1. a metaphor for an American yellow cab. French taxis are ordinary looking cars of no particular color. 2. a play on the two possible meanings of "embouteillage" - traffic jam and bottling. 3. a king of mambo. 4. a Peruvian diva who sang mambos among other things.