| Tu la voyais pas comme ça ta vie
| You didn't see your life like that
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| Pas d’attaché-case quand t'étais p’tit
| No briefcase when you were little
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| Ton corps enfermé, costume crétin
| Your body locked up, moron costume
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| T’imaginais pas, j’sais bien
| You didn't imagine, I know
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| Moi aussi j’en ai rêvé des rêves.tant pis
| Me too, I dreamed of it. Too bad
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| Tu la voyais grande mais c’est une toute petite vie
| You saw her big but it's a very small life
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| Tu la voyais pas comme ça, l’histoire:
| You didn't see it that way, the story:
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| Toi, t'étais tempête et rocher noir
| You were storm and black rock
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| Mais qui t’a cassé ta boule de cristal
| But who broke your crystal ball
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| Cassé tes envies rendues banal?
| Broken your desires made banal?
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| T’es moche en moustache en laides sandales
| You're ugly with a mustache in ugly sandals
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| T’es cloche en bancal, p’tit caporal de centre commercial
| You're wobbly, little mall corporal
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| Tu la voyais pas comme ça frérot
| You didn't see it like that bro
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| Doucement ta vie t’as mis KO
| Slowly your life knocked you out
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| T’avais huit ans quand tu te voyais
| You were eight when you saw yourself
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| Et ce rêve là on l’a tous fait
| And this dream we all had
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| Dentelle première et premier chapeau
| First lace and first hat
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| C’est pas toi qui y est
| It's not you who is there
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| C’est pas toi qu’est beau
| It's not you who is beautiful
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| Tambour binaire et premier sabot
| Binary Drum and First Hoof
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| C’est pas toi qui y est
| It's not you who is there
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| C’est pas toi qu’est beau
| It's not you who is beautiful
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| Dansant Quimper ou Landernau
| Dancing Quimper or Landernau
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| C’est pas toi qui y est
| It's not you who is there
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| C’est pas toi qu’est beau
| It's not you who is beautiful
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| Soufflant tonnerre dans du roseau
| Blowing thunder through reed
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| C’est pas toi qui est
| It's not you who is
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| Dans le bagad de Lann-bihoué
| In the bagad of Lann-bihoué
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| Tu la voyais pas comme ça ta vie
| You didn't see your life like that
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| Tapioca, potage et salsifis
| Tapioca, soup and salsify
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| On va tous pareil moyen moyen
| We all go the same way way way
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| La grande aventure, Tintin
| The Great Adventure, Tintin
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| Moi aussi j’en ai rêvé des cornemuses
| I too have dreamed of bagpipes
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| Terminé maintenant dis moi qu’est c’qui t’amuse?
| Finished now tell me what amuses you?
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| Tu la voyais pas ici l’histoire
| Didn't you see the story here
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| Tu l’aurais bien faite au bout de la Loire
| You would have done well at the end of the Loire
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| Mais qui t’a rangé à plat dans ce tiroir
| But who put you flat in this drawer
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| Comme un espadon dans une baignoire?
| Like a swordfish in a bathtub?
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| T’es moche en week-end, tes mioches qui trainent
| You're ugly at the weekend, your kids hanging around
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| Loupé capitaine, bateau de semaine d’une drôle de fête foraine | Missed captain, boat of the week of a funny carnival |