The lyrics (some of them her own) were raunchy; their subjects were tragedy, lost love, and the Parisian poverty from which she had come.
取り上げる曲の歌詞（その一部は自作したもの）は性的なもので、歌の主題は悲劇や失恋、彼女の出自でもあったパリの貧困などであった。