Translation of the song lyrics Les vacances au bord de la mer - Michel Jonasz

Les vacances au bord de la mer (original)

On allait au bord de la mer
Avec mon père, ma sœur, ma mère
On regardait les autres gens
Comme ils dépensaient leur argent
Nous, il fallait faire attention
Quand on avait payé
Le prix d’une location
Il ne nous restait pas grand-chose
Alors on regardait les bateaux
On suçait des glaces à l’eau
Les palaces, les restaurants
On n' faisait que passer d’vant
Et on regardait les bateaux
Le matin on s' réveillait tôt
Sur la plage, pendant des heures
On prenait de belles couleurs
On allait au bord de la mer
Avec mon père, ma sœur, ma mère
Et quand les vagues étaient tranquilles
On passait la journée aux îles
Sauf quand on pouvait déjà plus
Alors on regardait les bateaux
On suçait des glaces à l’eau
On avait l' cœur un peu gros
Mais c'était quand même beau

(translation)

We were going to the seaside
With my father, my sister, my mother
We looked at other people
How they spent their money
We had to be careful
When we had paid
The price of a rental
We didn't have much left
So we were watching the boats
We were sucking popsicles
Palaces, restaurants
We were just passing by
And we watched the boats
In the morning we woke up early
On the beach, for hours
We took beautiful colors
We were going to the seaside
With my father, my sister, my mother
And when the waves were quiet
We spent the day at the islands
Except when we already could
So we were watching the boats
We were sucking popsicles
We had a little heavy heart
But it was still beautiful