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Le prix des allumettes → English translation
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Original lyrics
Le prix des allumettes
Tout va trop vite et tout change sans nous attendre
Et tout nous quitte avant que l'on ait pu comprendre
Comme bien d'autres, je me demande où va ma vie
Souvent je pense, heureusement qu'il y a
Toi, tu ne changes pas, tu as toujours la même tête
Toi, tu ne changes pas, tu es comme le prix des allumettes
Toi, tu ne bouges pas, tout passe au-dessus de ta tête
Toi, tu es comme moi, on est comme le prix des allumettes
Ce que j'achète, après quelques mois se démode
Et tes diplômes semblent déjà vieux comme Hérode
J'irai peut-être élever bientôt des moutons
Souvent je pense, heureusement qu'il y a
Toi, tu ne changes pas, tu as toujours la même tête
Toi, tu ne changes pas, tu es comme le prix des allumettes
Toi, tu ne bouges pas, tout passe au-dessus de ta tête
Toi, tu es comme moi, on est comme le prix des allumettes
Toi, tu ne changes pas, tu as toujours la même tête
Toi, tu ne changes pas, tu es comme le prix des allumettes
Toi, tu ne bouges pas, tout passe au-dessus de ta tête
Toi, tu es comme moi, on est comme le prix des allumettes
Submitted by Valeriu Raut on 2016-03-15
Last edited by Fary on 2021-05-27
Translation
The Price of Matches
Everything goes too fast, and everything changes without waiting for us
And we forget everything before we've been able to understand
Like many others, I wonder where my life is going
Often I think, with luck it will go on
You, you don't change, you've always thought the same
You, you don't change, you are like the price of matches
You, you don't move, everything passes over your head
You, you're like me, we are like the price of matches
What I buy, after a few months is out of fashion
And your qualifications already seem as old as Herod
Perhaps I'll raise some sheep soon
Often I think, with luck it's going to happen
You, you don't change, you've always thought the same
You, you don't change, you're like the price of matches
You, you don't move, everything passes over your head
You, you're like me, we are like the price of matches
You, you don't change, you've always thought the same
You, you don't change, you're like the price of matches
You, you don't move, everything passes over your head
You, you're like me, we are like the price of matches
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Submitted by Motormouse on 2016-03-16
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Une chanson de 1972.
Auteurs compositeurs : Éric Charden et Yves Dessca