| Tu t' souviens? | Do you remember? |
| la communale
| the communal
|
| Quand je m' faisais dispenser d' gym
| When I was exempted from the gym
|
| Et qu’on s’tirait d’ce gardenal
| And that we pulled out of this gardenal
|
| T'? | You? |
| tais ma lollypop, mon dream
| shut up my lollypop, my dream
|
| J' braquais ta station service, b? | I was robbing your gas station, b? |
| b? | b? |
| cadum
| cadium
|
| Et j'? | And I? |
| tais jaloux d’Elvis, US go home
| you jealous of Elvis, US go home
|
| On ruinait Fats Domino
| We were ruining Fats Domino
|
| Et les pieds dans l' caniveau
| And feet in the gutter
|
| On ramassait des p’tits cailloux
| We were picking up little pebbles
|
| Et on faisait des ricochets
| And we were ricocheting
|
| Vague l?, vague l’eau
| Wave there, wave the water
|
| Et puis voil? | And then voila? |
| les gosses? | the kids? |
| a pousse
| has pushed
|
| Et t' as mis tes bottes de sept lieux
| And you put on your seven league boots
|
| Sur mon t? | On my tee |
| l? | I? |
| phone y a d’la mousse
| phone there is foam
|
| Depuis qu' t’as quitt? | Since you left? |
| cette banlieue
| this suburb
|
| Pas l' temps d’poser mon cartable, tu m’as laiss?
| No time to put down my schoolbag, did you leave me?
|
| Comme un galet sur le sable, qu’on pousse du pied
| Like a pebble on the sand, that you push with your foot
|
| Mon foie, mes poumons, mes os
| My liver, my lungs, my bones
|
| Mon c? | My C? |
| ur roule dans l' caniveau
| ur rolling in the gutter
|
| Et l' tien qu’est dur comme un caillou
| And yours that's hard as a rock
|
| Dans mon cr? | In my cr? |
| ne fait des ricochets
| doesn't ricochet
|
| Vague l?, vague l’eau
| Wave there, wave the water
|
| Autant de joies ou d' chagrins d’amour
| So many joys or heartaches
|
| Autant de blancs, de noirs cailloux
| So many white, black pebbles
|
| De diamants ou de pav? | Diamonds or pav? |
| s lourds
| s heavy
|
| Qu' les gens portent accroch? | What do people wear? |
| s au cou
| s at the neck
|
| Et toutes ces larmes de pierre que j’ai sem? | And all those tears of stone that I shed? |
| es
| are
|
| Ces g? | These g? |
| om? | om? |
| tres de barri? | very barri? |
| re les ont coul? | re sank them? |
| es
| are
|
| Dans du b? | In b? |
| ton, des aglos
| tone, aglos
|
| Dans cette ville sans caniveau
| In this town without a gutter
|
| O? | Where? |
| j' rebondis comme un caillou
| I bounce like a rock
|
| Qui ne fait que des ricochets
| Who only ricochets
|
| Vague l?, vague l’eau
| Wave there, wave the water
|
| Vague l?, vague l’eau | Wave there, wave the water |