| Goutte-à-goutte au coin du bar
| Drip around the corner from the bar
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| Bout-à-bout, je les aligne
| End to end, I line 'em up
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| La nuit, les chats se font rares
| At night, cats are scarce
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| Les chiens errants descendent en ville
| Stray dogs are coming to town
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| Halfway between the salt and the limes
| Halfway between the salt and the limes
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| Halfway between the tears and the lights
| Halfway between the tears and the lights
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| Here I am, here I am
| Here I am, here I am
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| Here I am, here I am
| Here I am, here I am
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| Un par un, je les enfile
| One by one I put them on
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| Parfois deux par deux selon l’humeur
| Sometimes two by two depending on the mood
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| Puisqu’on ne meurt qu’une fois
| Since you only die once
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| Autant vivre
| Might as well live
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| Puisqu’on ne meurt qu’une fois
| Since you only die once
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| On s’ennivre
| We get drunk
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| A trop fuir, on en prend l’habitude
| Running away too much, we get used to it
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| Entre le dernier verre et le réveil, on titube
| Between the last drink and waking up, we stagger
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| Entre un mensonge et une larme, on sourit
| Between a lie and a tear, we smile
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| Entre le sel et le citron, on subit/soupire (?) | Between the salt and the lemon, we suffer/sigh (?) |