| Il t’a propos un caf, tu pesais le pour et le contre
| He offered you a coffee, you weighed the pros and cons
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| T’avais rien contre discuter, t’avais rien contre une rencontre
| You had nothing against discussing, you had nothing against meeting
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| Mme si tu t’es tant de fois, fait embarquer sur des radeaux
| Even if you got so many times, got on rafts
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| Qui disaient tre des trois-mts, lui dire «Non» t’aurait cot trop
| Who said they were three-meters, telling him "No" would have cost you too much
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| Lui dire «Non» t’aurait cot trop
| Telling him “No” would have cost you too much
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| Dans un petit bar de quartier, caf froid sur chocolat chaud
| In a small neighborhood bar, cold coffee on hot chocolate
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| Tu l’as laiss se raconter, il n’essayait pas d’tre beau
| You let him talk, he wasn't trying to be handsome
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| Il n’essayait pas d’enrober, tu pesais le pour et le contre
| He wasn't trying to sugarcoat, you were weighing the pros and cons
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| Il te regardait l’couter et te sentait jouer la montre
| He watched you listen and felt you play the clock
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| Et te sentait jouer la montre
| And felt you play the clock
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| Tu t’es laisse faire pour cette fois comme chaque fois tu t’es laisse faire
| You let yourself go this time like every time you let yourself go
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| Il aura dcid pour toi, comme les autres parce que la Terre
| He will have decided for you, like the others because the Earth
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| Suit sa course et qu’on ne peut pas, la laisser tourner sans chercher
| Follows its course and we can't, let it run without looking
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| lui emboter le pas, sinon, elle va nous chapper
| follow in her footsteps, otherwise she'll slip away from us
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| Sinon, la Terre nous chappera
| Otherwise the Earth will slip away from us
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| Et dans ton lit, un peu plus tard, mme quand il a dit qu’il t’aimait
| And in your bed, a little later, even when he said he loved you
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| Quand il a dit qu’il attendrait, que tu ne veuilles plus le dcevoir
| When he said he would wait, you don't want to disappoint him anymore
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| Tu ne savais pas quoi rpondre, mme le jour, dehors, hsitait
| You didn't know what to answer, even in the daytime, outside, hesitated
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| Il pesait le pour et le contre, et puis quand mme il se levait
| He weighed the pros and cons, and then when even he stood up
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| Et puis quand mme il se levait. | And then still he got up. |