| La Cadillac Eldorado
| The Cadillac Eldorado
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| La dépasse au coin de la rue
| Passes her around the corner
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| A son volant un Chicano
| Driving a Chicano
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| Qui ignore son pouce tendu
| Who ignores his outstretched thumb
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| Derrière ses Ray Ban miroir
| Behind her Ray Ban mirror
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| Il ne fixe que le bitume
| It only fixes the bitumen
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| La laissant seule sur son trottoir
| Leaving her alone on her sidewalk
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| Dans le petit matin de brume
| In the early morning mist
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| Elle remonte alors doucement
| She then slowly rises
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| La route qui suit le canyon
| The road that follows the canyon
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| Qui ondule comme un serpent
| Who sways like a snake
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| Sous la tiédeur de l’automne
| Under the autumn warmth
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| Ce soir peut être ou bien demain
| Maybe tonight or maybe tomorrow
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| Elle aura atteint l’océan
| She will have reached the ocean
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| Et la douceur du lendemain
| And the sweetness of tomorrow
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| Pour illuminer ses vingt ans
| To illuminate his twenties
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| Mais pour le moment tout va bien
| But for now everything is fine
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| Rien n’est compliqué, rien n’est grave
| Nothing is complicated, nothing is serious
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| Sur Mulholland drive
| On Mulholland Drive
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| Elle a déserté à l’aurore
| She deserted at dawn
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| La maison au bout de la ville
| The house at the end of town
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| Ses parents qui dormaient encore
| His parents who were still sleeping
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| Du sommeil des gens tranquilles
| From the sleep of quiet people
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| Elle ne verra plus son frangin
| She won't see her brother no more
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| Écroulé sur le canapé
| Collapsed on the couch
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| Avec sa Budweiser dans la main
| With her Budweiser in her hand
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| Son regard si souvent mauvais
| His gaze so often evil
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| N’entendra plus hurler le chien
| Will no longer hear the dog howl
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| Ni les plaintes de sa maman
| Nor his mother's complaints
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| Ni les sermons bien trop chrétiens
| Nor the all-too-Christian sermons
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| De son vieux père aux cheveux blancs
| Of his old white-haired father
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| Elle abandonne sans regret
| She gives up without regret
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| Ce monde d’infinie tristesse
| This world of infinite sadness
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| Elle a balayé ses projets
| She brushed off her plans
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| Pour mieux vivre sans collier
| To live better without a collar
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| Sans laisse
| Without leash
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| Mais pour le moment tout va bien
| But for now everything is fine
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| Rien n’est compliqué, rien n’est grave
| Nothing is complicated, nothing is serious
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| Sur Mulholland drive
| On Mulholland Drive
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| Elle a son livre de Kerouac
| She has her Kerouac book
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| Et une photo de James Dean
| And a picture of James Dean
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| Ses fringues sont un peu en vrac
| His clothes are a little loose
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| Quelques t-shirts et quelques jeans
| A few t-shirts and a few jeans
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| Elle marche dans le soleil
| She walks in the sun
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| Qui arrive sur les collines
| Who arrives on the hills
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| Et son walkman sur les oreilles
| And his walkman on his ears
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| Lui joue la chanson Imagine
| Play him the song Imagine
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| Et si une voiture la prend
| And if a car takes her
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| Elle dira «Je vais n’importe où»
| She'll say "I'm going anywhere"
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| Roulez toujours suivez le vent
| Always ride with the wind
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| Ma liberté est tout au bout
| My freedom is all at the end
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| Mais pour le moment tout va bien
| But for now everything is fine
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| Rien n’est compliqué, rien n’est grave
| Nothing is complicated, nothing is serious
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| Sur Mulholland drive
| On Mulholland Drive
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| Pour le moment tout va bien
| For the moment everything is well
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| Rien n’est compliqué, rien n’est grave
| Nothing is complicated, nothing is serious
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| Mais pour le moment tout va bien
| But for now everything is fine
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| Rien n’est compliqué, rien n’est grave
| Nothing is complicated, nothing is serious
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| Sur Mulholland drive
| On Mulholland Drive
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| Sur Mulholland drive | On Mulholland Drive |