| Gare de l'Est (original) | Gare de l'Est (translation) |
|---|---|
| Gare de l’Est | East Railway Station |
| Tu pars, tu m’détestes | You leave, you hate me |
| Gare de l’Est | East Railway Station |
| Je t’aime plus, je reste | I love you more, I stay |
| Quand c’maudit convoi | When this cursed convoy |
| Va démarrer | will start |
| C’est là que nos voies | This is where our ways |
| Vont se séparer | are going to separate |
| Lorsque deux rapides | When two rapids |
| Se croisent en bolides | Pass each other in racing cars |
| Ils font dans la plaine | They do in the plain |
| Hurler leurs sirènes | Howl their sirens |
| Lorsque deux amants | When two lovers |
| Se frôlent et se charment | Brush and charm each other |
| Y a malheureusement | Unfortunately there is |
| Pas d’signal d’alarme | No alarm signal |
| Gare de l’Est | East Railway Station |
| Un dernier geste | One last gesture |
| Gare de l’Est | East Railway Station |
| On s’fuit comme la peste | We flee like the plague |
| There’s a lonesome train | There's a lonesome train |
| On a lonesome track | On a lonesome track |
| Blowin' in the rain | Blowin' in the rain |
| Never coming back | Never coming back |
| There’s a choo choo train | There's a choo choo train |
| Running in my brain | Running in my brain |
| Don’t know where you go | Don't know where you go |
| An it drives me loco | An it drives me loco |
| All aboard for loneliness | All aboard for loneliness |
| Leavin' right on time | Leavin' right on time |
| Say goodbye to happiness | Say goodbye to happiness |
| Engine number nine | Engine number nine |
| Mystery train | mystery train |
| Fifteen coaches long | Fifteen coaches long |
| Can’t stand the pain | Can't stand the bread |
| Cause my baby’s gone | Cause my baby's gone |
| Gare de l’Est | East Railway Station |
| L’amour nous moleste | Love molests us |
| Gare de l’Est | East Railway Station |
| Faut qu’on s’en déleste | We have to get rid of it |
| Faut que ce wagon | Gotta get that wagon |
| Au coeur d’acier | Heart of Steel |
| Vers l’horizon | Towards the horizon |
| J’le voie s'éloigner | I see him go away |
| Lorsque deux rapides | When two rapids |
| Se sont percutés | Collided |
| Les secours se guident | Help guide each other |
| Aux cris des blessés | To the cries of the wounded |
| Lorsque deux amants | When two lovers |
| Ont un choc frontal | Have a frontal impact |
| Plus généralement | More generally |
| L’issue est fatale | The outcome is fatal |
| Gare de l’Est | East Railway Station |
| La pluie en guest | The rain in guest |
| Gare de l’Est | East Railway Station |
| J’vous épargne le reste | I'll spare you the rest |
