| La pluie venait du nord
| The rain was coming from the north
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| Le vent passait sous ma porte
| The wind passed under my door
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| Je comptais vivre fort
| I intended to live strong
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| Et que le diable m’emporte
| And the devil take me
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| J’allais à la fenêtre
| I was going to the window
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| Enroule dans le drap
| Wrapped in the sheet
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| Je secouais la tête
| I was shaking my head
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| Et j’en ecartais les bras
| And I spread my arms
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| J’avais des hauts
| I had tops
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| J’avais des bas
| I had stockings
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| J’avais plus ou moins chaud
| I was more or less hot
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| (Et) toute la vie devant moi
| (And) my whole life ahead of me
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| J’avais des hauts
| I had tops
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| J’avais des bas
| I had stockings
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| Je croyais que j’en voulais trop
| I thought I wanted too much
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| J’ai même eu ce que je ne voulais pas
| I even got what I didn't want
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| Je restais enferme
| I stayed locked up
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| Ou errais pendant des jours
| Or wandered for days
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| Trop de chemins s’ouvraient
| Too many paths opened
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| Trop de questions en retour
| Too many questions back
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| Je n’avais pas tue mon père
| I did not kill my father
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| Mais je ne me souvenais pas
| But I didn't remember
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| Ce qu’il me disait de faire
| What he told me to do
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| Ce qu’il ne me disait pas
| What he didn't tell me
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| J’avais des hauts
| I had tops
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| J’avais des bas
| I had stockings
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| J’avais plus ou moins chaud
| I was more or less hot
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| (Et) toute la vie devant moi
| (And) my whole life ahead of me
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| J’avais des hauts
| I had tops
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| J’avais des bas
| I had stockings
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| Je croyais que j’en voulais trop
| I thought I wanted too much
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| J’ai même eu ce que je ne voulais pas
| I even got what I didn't want
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| Chaque jour je me tenais prêt
| Every day I stood ready
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| Je guettais l’heure et la page
| I was watching the hour and the page
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| Où les eaux s’ouvriraient
| Where the waters would open
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| Me laisseraient un passage
| Would let me pass
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| L’espoir me faisait vivre
| Hope kept me alive
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| L’attente me rendait nerveux
| The wait made me nervous
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| Je trouvais dans les livres
| I found in the books
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| De quoi patienter un peu
| What to wait a little
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| J’avais des hauts
| I had tops
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| J’avais des bas… | I had stockings... |