| Si seulement t'étais là papa
| If only you were here daddy
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| Si seulement je ne t’en voulais pas papa
| If only I didn't blame you daddy
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| J’serai comment si t'étais là papa?
| How would I be if you were there dad?
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| J’sais pas, il y a des questions auxquelles on ne répond pas
| I don't know, there are questions that are not answered
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| Si seulement t'étais là papa
| If only you were here daddy
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| Si seulement je ne t’en voulais pas papa
| If only I didn't blame you daddy
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| J’serai comment si t'étais là papa?
| How would I be if you were there dad?
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| J’sais pas, il y a des questions auxquelles on ne répond pas
| I don't know, there are questions that are not answered
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| On est le 7 juin et j’me décide à t'écrire
| It's June 7th and I've decided to write to you
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| Ça va faire 22 ans, on va dire que j’ai grandi
| It's been 22 years, let's say I grew up
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| J’ai tellement de chose à te dire
| I have so much to tell you
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| Mais je ne sais pas si c’est le pire ou le meilleur que j’aimerai te faire
| But I don't know if it's the worst or the best that I'd like to do to you
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| parvenir
| reach
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| Au fait c’est ta fille, tu sais: Mélanie
| By the way it's your daughter, you know: Melanie
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| Que t’as laissé en France il y a 18 ans quand tu es parti
| What you left in France 18 years ago when you left
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| Je me demande où tu es et ce que tu es devenu
| I wonder where you are and what you've become
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| Je t’ai attendu si longtemps mais tu n’es jamais revenu
| I waited for you so long but you never came back
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| Pourquoi? | Why? |
| Déjà ça je ne sais pas…
| Already that I don't know...
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| Parfois il y a des questions auxquelles on ne répond pas
| Sometimes there are questions that are not answered
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| Papa, pourquoi ce surnom sonne faux?
| Dad, why does this nickname sound wrong?
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| Pourquoi t'étais pas là et pourquoi le téléphone sonne peu?
| Why weren't you there and why the phone doesn't ring much?
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| Tu te souviens de moi? | You remember me? |
| Petite métisse à la peau d’or
| Little golden-skinned half-breed
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| Tu sais maintenant j’suis blanche car en France le soleil dort
| You know now I'm white because in France the sun sleeps
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| Parce que j’ai mal c’est vrai, va pas croire que j’ai été mal sevrée
| 'Cause I hurt it's true, don't think I was badly weaned
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| Au contraire, mais je crois qu’il n’y à pas de secret
| On the contrary, but I believe there is no secret
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| Si seulement t'étais là papa
| If only you were here daddy
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| Si seulement je ne t’en voulais pas papa
| If only I didn't blame you daddy
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| J’serai comment si t'étais là papa?
| How would I be if you were there dad?
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| J’sais pas, il y a des questions auxquelles on ne répond pas
| I don't know, there are questions that are not answered
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| Si seulement t'étais là papa
| If only you were here daddy
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| Si seulement je ne t’en voulais pas papa
| If only I didn't blame you daddy
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| J’serai comment si t'étais là papa?
| How would I be if you were there dad?
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| J’sais pas, il y a des questions auxquelles on ne répond pas
| I don't know, there are questions that are not answered
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| T'étais où pour mes dents de lait?
| Where have you been for my baby teeth?
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| Sur cette grande lettre, il y a des «t'étais où ?» | On this big letter, there are "where were you?" |
| car t'étais loin papa
| because you were far away dad
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| T’as pas vu grandir ta fille, t’as pas sur lui dire je t’aime
| You didn't see your daughter grow up, you're not sure to tell her I love you
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| Et quand t’es parti, t’as pas voulu que l’on te retienne
| And when you left, you didn't want to be held
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| Alors moi je fais comme si t’existais pas…
| So I pretend like you don't exist...
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| Car tu fais partie de ces gens qui souvent n’insistent pas
| 'Cause you're one of those people who often don't insist
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| Il y a toujours un vide dans nos vies, toi t’es un bide dans la mienne
| There's always a void in our lives, you're a belly in mine
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| Et dans mes lignes, t’es loin d'être un mythe
| And in my lines, you're far from a myth
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| J’avais besoin de ton soutien et je t’ai appelé
| I needed your support and I called you
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| Tu t’en souviens? | You remember it? |
| non. | nope. |
| Moi oui, car t’as jamais rappelé
| Me yes, because you never called back
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| Quand il n’y a pas de père, il manque quelqu’un et y’a pas de paix
| When there is no father, someone is missing and there is no peace
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| Parce que tu n’y comprend rien et que tu dois faire avec trois petits points
| 'Cause you don't get it and you have to do with three little dots
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| J’sais qu’il y a des gens qui vivent la même chose que moi
| I know there are people who are going through the same thing as me
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| J’sais qu’il y en a qui savent ce que sait que de vivre dans le noir
| I know there are those who know what it's like to live in the dark
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| J'étais toi, j'étais elle et j'étais moi
| I was you, I was her and I was me
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| Et à moi seule bah j'étais nous trois
| And to me alone well I was the three of us
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| Si seulement t'étais là papa
| If only you were here daddy
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| Si seulement je ne t’en voulais pas papa
| If only I didn't blame you daddy
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| J’serai comment si t'étais là papa?
| How would I be if you were there dad?
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| J’sais pas, il y a des questions auxquelles on ne répond pas
| I don't know, there are questions that are not answered
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| Si seulement t'étais là papa
| If only you were here daddy
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| Si seulement je ne t’en voulais pas papa
| If only I didn't blame you daddy
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| J’serai comment si t'étais là papa?
| How would I be if you were there dad?
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| J’sais pas, il y a des questions auxquelles on ne répond pas
| I don't know, there are questions that are not answered
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| T’as fait de moi une fille sans père
| You made me a daughter without a father
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| Aigrie d’avoir vécu dans un couple en guerre
| Embittered to have lived in a couple at war
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| Dieu merci Maman m’a élevée
| Thank God Mom raised me
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| Et même si j'étais dure, ben maman m’a aidée
| And even if I was tough, well mom helped me
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| J’ai manqué de ton amour, ça m’a valu de me tromper ailleurs
| I missed your love, got me wrong somewhere else
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| Je pensais trouver en l’homme ce que je n’avais pas de mon géniteur
| I thought I would find in man what I didn't have in my parent
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| Mais ma vie serait pas la même
| But my life wouldn't be the same
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| Si toi papa t’avais été là
| If you daddy had been there
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| Si seulement t'étais là papa
| If only you were here daddy
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| Si seulement je ne t’en voulais pas papa
| If only I didn't blame you daddy
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| J’serai comment si t'étais là papa?
| How would I be if you were there dad?
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| J’sais pas, il y a des questions auxquelles on ne répond pas
| I don't know, there are questions that are not answered
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| Si seulement t'étais là papa
| If only you were here daddy
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| Si seulement je ne t’en voulais pas papa
| If only I didn't blame you daddy
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| J’serai comment si t'étais là papa?
| How would I be if you were there dad?
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| J’sais pas, il y a des questions auxquelles on ne répond pas
| I don't know, there are questions that are not answered
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| Si seulement t'étais là papa
| If only you were here daddy
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| Si seulement je ne t’en voulais pas papa
| If only I didn't blame you daddy
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| J’serai comment si t'étais là papa?
| How would I be if you were there dad?
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| J’sais pas, il y a des questions auxquelles on ne répond pas
| I don't know, there are questions that are not answered
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| Si seulement t'étais là papa
| If only you were here daddy
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| Si seulement je ne t’en voulais pas papa
| If only I didn't blame you daddy
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| J’serai comment si t'étais là papa?
| How would I be if you were there dad?
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| J’sais pas, il y a des questions auxquelles on ne répond pas
| I don't know, there are questions that are not answered
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| Si seulement t'étais là papa
| If only you were here daddy
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| Si seulement je ne t’en voulais pas papa
| If only I didn't blame you daddy
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| J’serai comment si t'étais là papa?
| How would I be if you were there dad?
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| J’sais pas, il y a des questions auxquelles on ne répond pas
| I don't know, there are questions that are not answered
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| Si seulement t'étais là papa
| If only you were here daddy
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| Si seulement je ne t’en voulais pas papa
| If only I didn't blame you daddy
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| J’serai comment si t'étais là papa?
| How would I be if you were there dad?
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| J’sais pas, il y a des questions auxquelles on ne répond pas
| I don't know, there are questions that are not answered
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| Si seulement t'étais là papa
| If only you were here daddy
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| Si seulement je ne t’en voulais pas papa
| If only I didn't blame you daddy
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| J’serai comment si t'étais là papa?
| How would I be if you were there dad?
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| J’sais pas, il y a des questions auxquelles on ne répond pas
| I don't know, there are questions that are not answered
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| Si seulement t'étais là papa
| If only you were here daddy
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| Si seulement je ne t’en voulais pas papa
| If only I didn't blame you daddy
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| J’serai comment si t'étais là papa?
| How would I be if you were there dad?
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| J’sais pas, il y a des questions auxquelles on ne répond pas | I don't know, there are questions that are not answered |