| Mimoun, il fait des trous dans des cartons
| Mimoun, he makes holes in boxes
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| Tous les matins il va pointer
| Every morning he will clock in
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| Dans l’usine o a sent pas bon
| In the factory where it smells bad
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| O tout le monde fait que d’tousser
| Oh everybody just cough
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| Il sait pas trs bien d’o il vient
| He doesn't quite know where he comes from
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| Tout ce qu’il sait c’est qu’il est pas franais
| All he knows is he's not French
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| Il aurait bien aim pourtant
| He would have liked though
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| Mais les gens font que d’l’viter
| But people just avoid it
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| Alors il reste plant l Raconte des trucs la fraiseuse
| So he stays planted Tells stuff the milling machine
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| Qui lui dit «mon gars t’arrte pas»
| Who says to him "my guy don't stop"
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| Mimoun il a bientt 40 ans
| Mimoun is almost 40 years old
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| Mais il est toujours chez sa mre
| But he's still at his mother's
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| C’est parce qu’elle est un peu malade
| It's because she's a little sick
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| Depuis qu’elle a perdu son pre
| Since she lost her father
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| Et comme c’tait lui le plus grand des fils
| And as he was the greatest of sons
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| Il est parti bosser
| He went to work
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| A l’cole, il s’dbrouillait bien
| At school, he was doing well
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| L’aurait bien voulu continuer
| Would have liked to continue
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| Comme si la vie s’tait pose sur lui
| As if life had landed on him
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| En lui disant «toi tu bouges pas
| Saying "you don't move
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| Les trucs jolis c’est pas pour toi»
| Pretty things aren't for you
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| Mimoun il imagine qu’il est dj mort
| Mimoun he imagines that he is already dead
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| C’est sa faon de s’vader
| It's his way of getting away
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| Et comme il y croit plus trs fort
| And as he believes in it more strongly
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| Il dit qu’un jour il va s’tailler les veines
| He says one day he's gonna cut his wrists
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| Plutt que de s’en aller
| Rather than leaving
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| Pour tre ailleurs un tranger
| To be a stranger elsewhere
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| Qui fait peur la mnagre
| Who scares the housewife
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| Et qui occupe les policiers
| And who keeps the cops busy
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| Alors il reste plant l Raconte des trucs la fraiseuse
| So he stays planted Tells stuff the milling machine
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| Qui lui dit «mon gars t’arrte pas»
| Who says to him "my guy don't stop"
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| Comme si la vie s’tait pose sur lui
| As if life had landed on him
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| En lui disant «toi tu bouges pas
| Saying "you don't move
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| Les trucs jolis c’est pas pour toi» | Pretty things aren't for you |