| Your great-great-grandfather he cleared the land
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| Your great-grandfather he plowed the land
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| And your grandfather made the land profitable
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| And your father he sold it, to become a civil servant
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| And what's up with you, my little guy, you don't know what you're going to do
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| In your little three and a half, way too expensive freight in winter
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| You come from desires to become an owner
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| And you dream at night of having your little piece of land
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| Your great-great-grandmother she had fourteen children
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| Your great-grandmother had almost as many
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| And your grandmother had three that was enough
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| And your mother didn't want it, you were an accident
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| And then you, my little girl, you change partners all the time
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| When you screw up, you get away with having an abortion
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| But there are mornings you wake up crying
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| When you dream at night, of a big table surrounded by children
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| Your great-great-grandfather lived through great misery
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| Your great-grandfather he picked up the black pennies
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| And your grandfather, miraculously, became a millionaire there
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| Your dad inherited it he put it all in his RRSP
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| And you, little youth, you owe your ass to the ministry
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| No way to get a loan in a banking institution
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| To calm your cravings to "hold-up" the cashier
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| You read books that talk about voluntary simplicity
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| Your great-great-grandparents they knew how to celebrate
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| Your great-grandparents used to swing loudly in the evenings
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| And your grandparents knew the yé-yé era
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| Your parents were in the discos that's where they met
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| What about you, my friend, what are you doing with your evening?
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| So turn off your TV, don't stay indoors
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| Luckily some things in life refuse to change
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| Put on your best clothes 'cause we're going dancing tonight |