| La route est un long ruban
| The road is a long ribbon
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| Qui défile qui défile
| Who parades who parades
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| Et se perd à l´infini
| And get lost endlessly
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| Loin des villes, loin des villes
| Far from the cities, far from the cities
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| Le routier à son volant
| The driver behind the wheel
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| Qui trépide qui trépide
| who is hectic who is hectic
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| N´a jamais jamais le temps
| Never ever have time
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| De regarder l´firmament
| To look at the firmament
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| Le jour se lève et décline
| The day rises and falls
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| Sur la route qui chemine
| On the winding road
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| Il doit pousser sa machine
| He must push his machine
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| Car c´est là qu´est son usine
| 'Cause that's where his factory is
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| Ignorant les autres routes
| Ignoring the other roads
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| Qui s´en vont en musardant
| Who wander off
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| Le routier n´a jamais l´temps
| The driver never has time
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| De se perdre dans les champs
| To get lost in the fields
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| Si tu veux vivre longtemps
| If you want to live long
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| Attention à ton volant
| Watch your steering wheel
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| Car la route se défend
| Because the road defends itself
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| Si tu rêves un seul instant
| If you dream for a moment
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| Sous l´herbe tendre du printemps
| Under the tender spring grass
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| Le talus est engageant
| The embankment is engaging
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| Mais c´est l´fossé qui t´attend
| But it's the gap that awaits you
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| Si tu t´endors au volant
| If you fall asleep at the wheel
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| Si tu vois à l´horizon
| If you see on the horizon
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| Des mirages, des mirages
| Mirages, mirages
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| C´est l´moment d´faire attention
| It's time to pay attention
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| Car il y a d´sacrés virages
| Because there are sacred turns
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| De temps en temps y a des villes
| From time to time there are towns
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| On y dort tout est tranquille
| We sleep there everything is quiet
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| Tu les réveilles en passant
| You wake them up by the way
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| Dans ton gros camion hurlant
| In your screaming big truck
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| Le copain dans sa couchette
| The buddy in his bunk
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| Rêve au-dessus de ta tête
| Dream above your head
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| Si le temps te paraît long
| If time seems long to you
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| Allume une cigarette
| Light a cigarette
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| Tous les jours de la semaine
| Every day of the week
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| Et par n´importe quel temps
| And in any weather
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| Ta route est toujours la même
| Your road is always the same
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| Pour livrer ton chargement
| To deliver your load
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| Si tu veux vivre longtemps
| If you want to live long
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| Attention à ton volant
| Watch your steering wheel
|
| Car la route se défend
| Because the road defends itself
|
| Si tu rêves un seul instant
| If you dream for a moment
|
| Sous l´herbe tendre du printemps
| Under the tender spring grass
|
| Le talus est engageant
| The embankment is engaging
|
| Mais c´est l´fossé qui t´attend
| But it's the gap that awaits you
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| Si tu t´endors au volant
| If you fall asleep at the wheel
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| La route est un long ruban
| The road is a long ribbon
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| Qui défile qui défile
| Who parades who parades
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| Et se perd à l´infini
| And get lost endlessly
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| Loin des villes, loin des villes
| Far from the cities, far from the cities
|
| Le routier à son volant
| The driver behind the wheel
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| Qui trépide qui trépide
| who is hectic who is hectic
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| N´a jamais jamais le temps
| Never ever have time
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| De se perdre dans les champs | To get lost in the fields |