| Le train de la vie
| The train of life
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| C’est un joli petit train qui te mène du berceau
| It's a pretty little train that takes you from the crib
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| Jusqu'à la fin de la fin
| Until the end of the end
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| Il fait des «youp"des «bravos"des «Hou la la»
| He goes "yup" "bravo" "Wow"
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| Des «Pourquoi t’es pas venu"des «comment t’es déjà là»
| Of "Why didn't you come" of "how you are already there"
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| Chacun le prend
| Everyone takes it
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| Y’en a qui voyagent assis
| Some people travel seated
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| D’autres qui dorment debout
| Others who sleep standing up
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| C’est ça le train d’la vie, vive la vie
| That's the train of life, long live life
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| Mais si tu manques la marche
| But if you miss the step
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| On n’en parle plus
| We don't talk about it anymore
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| Le train de la vie
| The train of life
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| C’est un petit train qui va
| It's a little train that goes
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| Des montagnes de l’ennui
| mountains of boredom
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| Aux collines de la joie
| To the Hills of Joy
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| Il fait des «oui"des «peut-être"et puis des «non»
| He goes 'yes', 'maybe' and then 'no'
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| Il fait le jour et la nuit
| It is day and night
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| Ça dépend de la station
| It depends on the station
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| «Gare de triage. | "Railway yard. |
| Attention départ»
| Attention departure»
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| Oh les beaux wagons que voilà
| Oh what beautiful wagons there are
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| Si ça dépendait de moi
| If it was up to me
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| J’les prends tous à la fois
| I take them all at once
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| Attention tu vas rester sur le quai
| Careful you'll stay on the dock
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| J’ai peur de me tromper de voie
| I'm afraid of going the wrong way
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| Chanteur, Pasteur, Avocat
| Singer, Pastor, Lawyer
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| Mais le train n’attend pas
| But the train doesn't wait
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| Chacun le prend
| Everyone takes it
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| Y’en a qui voyagent assis
| Some people travel seated
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| D’autres qui dorment debout
| Others who sleep standing up
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| C’est ça le train d’la vie, vive la vie
| That's the train of life, long live life
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| Mais si tu manques la marche
| But if you miss the step
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| On n’en parle plus
| We don't talk about it anymore
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| Le train de la vie
| The train of life
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| C’est un petit train qui fait des arrêts pipi au lit
| It's a little train that makes bedwetting stops
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| Des arrêts café au lait
| Latte stops
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| Il fait des «tiens"des «comme c’est curieux»
| He's doing "likes" like "how curious"
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| Des «Ah bon t’en es bien sûr»
| Of "Oh well you're sure"
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| Des «vraiment je savais pas»
| "I really didn't know"
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| Chacun le prend
| Everyone takes it
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| Y’en a qui voyagent assis
| Some people travel seated
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| D’autres qui dorment debout
| Others who sleep standing up
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| C’est ça le train d’la vie, vive la vie
| That's the train of life, long live life
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| Mais si tu manques la marche
| But if you miss the step
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| On n’en parle plus
| We don't talk about it anymore
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| Il fait pousser
| He grows
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| Des jolis ventres tout ronds
| Pretty round bellies
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| Des"Oh le joli bébé… Oh le vilain moribond"
| Des"Oh the pretty baby… Oh the dying ugly"
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| Il fait des «oui"des «peut-être"et puis des «non»
| He goes 'yes', 'maybe' and then 'no'
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| Il fait le jour, il fait la nuit
| It's day, it's night
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| Ça dépend de la station
| It depends on the station
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| Terminus. | Terminus. |
| Tout le monde descend
| Everybody get down
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| Oh vraiment ce train va trop vite
| Oh really this train is going too fast
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| C’est une course poursuite
| It's a chase
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| A travers les années
| Over the years
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| Attention il faut dégager les quais
| Be careful you have to clear the docks
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| Les autres voyageurs sont là
| The other travelers are there
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| Ils te bousculent de joie
| They jostle you with joy
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| Et le train n’attend pas
| And the train doesn't wait
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| Chacun le prend
| Everyone takes it
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| Y’en a qui voyagent assis
| Some people travel seated
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| D’autres qui dorment debout
| Others who sleep standing up
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| C’est ça le train d’la vie, vive la vie
| That's the train of life, long live life
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| Mais si tu manques la marche
| But if you miss the step
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| On n’en parle plus
| We don't talk about it anymore
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| Le train de la vie
| The train of life
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| C’est un petit train qui va
| It's a little train that goes
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| Des montagnes de l’ennui
| mountains of boredom
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| Aux collines de la joie
| To the Hills of Joy
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| Le train de la vie
| The train of life
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| C’est un petit train tout bleu
| It's a little blue train
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| Qui te mène de l’ennui
| Who leads you from boredom
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| Jusqu’au pays du Bon Dieu. | To God's Land. |