| Je prends mon temps, le temps qu’il faut
| I take my time, the time it takes
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| Le temps qui passe, le temps qui file
| The time that passes, the time that flies
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| Dandy dandy, je suis resté
| Dandy dandy, I stayed
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| Dandy dandy, dans dix ans, je resterai
| Dandy dandy, in ten years I'll be staying
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| Dandy dandy, donc je suis
| Dandy dandy, therefore I am
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| Dandy dandy, c’est pas moi qui l’ai dit
| Dandy dandy, I didn't say it
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| C’est les enfants qui ont grandi, c’est pas moi qui rajeunis
| It's the children who have grown up, it's not me who's getting younger
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| Ce sont les enfants qui ont vieilli, ma beauté vaut cent ladies
| It's the children who have grown old, my beauty is worth a hundred ladies
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| C’est pas moi, non, c’est pas moi qui l’ai dit
| It's not me, no, it's not me who said it
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| Je me prépare, puisqu’il le faut
| I prepare, since I must
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| Oui, je repars mais au galop
| Yes, I'm leaving but at a gallop
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| Dandy dandy, je suis resté
| Dandy dandy, I stayed
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| Dandy dandy, dans dix ans, je resterai
| Dandy dandy, in ten years I'll be staying
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| Dandy dandy, donc je suis
| Dandy dandy, therefore I am
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| Dandy dandy, c’est pas moi qui l’ai dit
| Dandy dandy, I didn't say it
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| C’est les enfants qui ont grandi, c’est pas moi qui rajeunis
| It's the children who have grown up, it's not me who's getting younger
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| Ce sont les enfants qui ont vieilli, ma beauté vaut cent ladies
| It's the children who have grown old, my beauty is worth a hundred ladies
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| C’est pas moi, non, c’est pas moi qui le dit, dandy dandy, malgré lui | It's not me, no, it's not me who says it, dandy dandy, in spite of himself |