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On Était Tellement De Gauche, Christophe Miossec

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French version of [ @BradFidler http://is.gd/4yqA3 ] : Christophe Miossec

Christophe Miossec [Website & [en.wikipedia]. Singer and songwriter. Born in Britany. Unique style: wry, world-weary lyrics and the sparse, stripped-down musical backdrop. His firts album ‘Boire’ (Drink) was names album of the year by the magazine ‘Les Inrockuptibles‘.

On Était Tellement De Gauche :
We were so Liberal (‘on the Left’)

C’est drôle de voir ce que nos pensées sont devenues
It’s funny to see what our thoughts have become

On était tellement de gauche
We were so Liberal (‘on the Left’)

Aujourd’hui on ne sait plus
Today we dont know anymore

On compte les plaies, les bosses
We are counting the wounds and bumps

Tout ce qu’en marche on a perdu
All what we lost on the way

On se dit que de toute façon l’histoire est moche
We tell ourselves that history is ugly

Ce qui n’était pas gagné d’avance est désormais perdu
Anything that was not won ahead, is lost for ever

Alors on laisse les mains dans nos poches
So we leave our hands in our pockets

Même plus envie d’avoir le poing tendu
Not even eager to clench our fist

Les illusions au fond de la sacoche
Our illusions at the bottom of the bag

De l’étudiant que depuis longtemps on n’est plus
From the student that we are no more

On ne pense plus qu’à notre poste
We are only thinking of our corporate position

Là où on est prêt à se battre à mains nues
There we are ready to fight bare fists

Car on pense au loyer, à la femme et aux gosses
Because we think… of the rent, the wife and the kids

A notre honneur et à tout ce qu’il a fallu
… of our honour and everything we had to do

Comme coups bas, comme ripostes
of all the low blows and retort

Contre des collègues qui vous tuent
… against colleagues who kill you

Et les nouveaux qui reluquent votre poste
And the new guys who ogle your job…

Comme si ce n’était pas pour vous ce beau statut
.. as if this nice status was not for you

Alors ils essayent de vous faire gicler du socle
So they are trying to remove you

Par les moyens les plus tordus
In the most twisted ways

A essayer de vivre comme si de rien n’était
Trying to live as if nothing had happened

On se fait un beau jour rattraper par la marée
One day the tide catches up with you

A essayer de vivre comme si de rien n’était

On se fait un beau jour rattraper par la marée

Et quand vous apprenez un jour pas la poste
And when you learn via the mail

Que de vous, de vous on ne veut plus
That you are no longer wanted

Vous repensez alors au cocktail molotov
Then you think of the molotov cocktail again

Ca ne serait pas arrivé si on s’était battu
All this would not have happened if we had fought

Mais c’est trop tard pour que l’on rechausse
But it’s too late to put the shoes back on

Les vieilles idées que l’on croyait perdues
The old ideas that we thought were lost

C’est désormais bon pour les gosses
.. are now for the kids…

Allez les enfants, foutez le raffut
Come on kids, rise and make noise !

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