| Il ne sait même pas compter
| He can't even count
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| Jusqu'à trois, mais il connaît
| Up to three, but he knows
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| Les noms de tous les groupes anglais
| Names of all English bands
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| L’enfant au walkman
| The child with the walkman
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| Pas besoin d’aller à l'école
| No need to go to school
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| Pour vivre comme ses idoles
| To live like his idols
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| Il ferme les yeux et il s’envole
| He closes his eyes and he flies away
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| L’enfant au walkman
| The child with the walkman
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| On dirait qu’il plane
| Looks like he's high
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| L’enfant au walkman
| The child with the walkman
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| Ciel de cellophane
| cellophane sky
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| Il ne nous voit pas
| He doesn't see us
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| Il plane, il plane
| It's high, it's high
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| Attend-il dans les décibels
| Does it wait in the decibels
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| Les ondes d’un monde parallèle
| The waves of a parallel world
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| Qui lui ressemble et qui l’appelle
| Who looks like him and who calls him
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| L’enfant au walkman
| The child with the walkman
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| Ciel de cellophane
| cellophane sky
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| Il ne nous voit pas
| He doesn't see us
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| Il plane, il plane
| It's high, it's high
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| Il voit la vie en vidéo
| He sees life on video
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| Et dans sa tête, c’est bien plus beau
| And in his head it's much more beautiful
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| Que dans tous les livres d’histoire
| Than in all the history books
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| Où les héros
| where the heroes
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| Sont tristes à voir
| are sad to see
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| Quand on lui parle d’avenir
| When we talk to her about the future
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| Il nous répond par un sourire
| He responds with a smile
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| Pour dire qu’il ne veut pas grandir
| To say he don't wanna grow up
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| L’enfant au walkman
| The child with the walkman
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| Ciel de cellophane
| cellophane sky
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| Il ne nous voit pas
| He doesn't see us
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| Il plane, il plane
| It's high, it's high
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| Il plane, il plane
| It's high, it's high
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| Il plane, il plane… | He's hovering, he's hovering... |