| Il Ira Loin (original) | Il Ira Loin (translation) |
|---|---|
| Il ira loin, | He will go far, |
| il ira loin celui l | this one will go far |
| Peut etre bien jusqu’au bout | Maybe until the end |
| Au bout de ses reves | At the end of his dreams |
| Mais sur le bout des lvres | But on the tip of the lips |
| Reste le mauvais gout. | There remains the bad taste. |
| Monter en grade monter en graine | Rise up to seed |
| Et le mal qu’on se donne | And the trouble we take |
| Quand ca monte de partout | When it's going up everywhere |
| Qu’on se voit faire son trou | See you make your hole |
| A passer en pionniers | To pass as pioneers |
| Et jouer des coudes | And elbows |
| On voit bien le paysage | You can see the landscape |
| Mais au dernier palier | But at the last level |
| Quand la tour s'(c)croule | When the tower crumbles |
| On oublie | We forget |
| Ce qu’on fait ici | What we do here |
| Le rod (c)o ne s’arrЄte jamais | The rod(c)o never stops |
| Mais les cow-boy s’allongent | But cowboys lay down |
| Devenus veaux | Became calves |
| Et bien appliqu (c)s | Well applied (c)s |
| A tirer sur la longue | A long shot |
| Venez chercher, venez chercher | Come get, come get |
| Les visas pour le reve | Visas for the dream |
| Car les derniers s’ront bon derniers | Because the last will be good last |
| Quinze mille pieds sous les bombes | Fifteen thousand feet under the bombs |
| Les presidents-robots ont donn© le signal | The robot presidents have given the signal |
| C’est l’heure du passage | It's time to pass |
| Dans les peuples endormis du bout de la semaine | In the peoples asleep at the end of the week |
| On oublie | We forget |
| De quoi il s’agit | What is it about |
| Il ira loin, | He will go far, |
| il ira loin celui l | this one will go far |
| Mais qu’il y aille sans moi | But let him go without me |
| Il ira loin, | He will go far, |
| il ira loin celui l | this one will go far |
| Mais qu’il y aille sans moi | But let him go without me |
