Translation of the song lyrics Si on s'y mettait - Jean-Pierre Ferland

Si on s'y mettait (original)

Gagner à naître, avoir faim d’exister
Prêcher le beau et se déshabiller
Perdre une guerre pour gagner bien d’autres choses
Oh!
boy, le beau portrait
Si on s’y mettait, si on s’y mettait
Trouver son île dans un ananas
Déchirer les murs et les almanachs
Servir des gâteaux dans tous les autobus
Oh!
boy, le beau banquet
Si on s’y mettait, si on s’y mettait, si on s’y mettait
On donnerait plus de poils à Saint-Jean-Baptiste
L'été viendrait peut-être le vingt et un de mai
Le bonheur se demanderait pas s’il est catholique
Et mes chansons seraient de l’an prochain
Si on s’y mettait, si on s’y mettait
Si on s’y mettait, si on s’y mettait
Si on s’y mettait, si on s’y mettait
Si on s’y mettait, si on s’y mettait
Si on s’y mettait, si on s’y mettait
Si on s’y mettait, si on s’y mettait
Si on s’y mettait, si on s’y mettait
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Si on s'y mettait (translation)

Gaining to be born, hungering to exist
Preach the beautiful and undress
Lose a war to win many other things
Oh!
boy, the beautiful portrait
If we did it, if we did it
Find your island in a pineapple
Tear down walls and almanacs
Serve cakes on all buses
Oh!
boy, the beautiful banquet
If we got it, if we got it, if we got it
We would give more hair to Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Summer might come on the twenty-first of May
Happiness wouldn't wonder if he's Catholic
And my songs would be next year
If we did it, if we did it
If we did it, if we did it
If we did it, if we did it
If we did it, if we did it
If we did it, if we did it
If we did it, if we did it
If we did it, if we did it
If we did it, if we did it
If we did, if we did...