L'opportuniste [English translation]

I'm for communism

I'm for socialism

And for capitalism

Because I am an opportunist

There are those who contest

Who rebuke and who protest

I do but one thing

I flip-flop around1

I flip-flop around

Always to the right side

I'm not afraid of profiteers

Or even of agitators

I trust the electorate

And I profit from it to make my dough2

There are those who contest

Who rebuke and who protest

I do but one thing

I flip-flop around

I flip-flop around

Always to the right side

I'm of all sides

I'm of all the parties

I'm part of all the cliques

I am the king of the converts

There are those who contest

Who rebuke and who protest

I do but one thing

I flip-flop around

I flip-flop around

Always to the right side

I cry "live the revolution"

I cry "live the institutions"

I cry "live the protests"

I cry "live collaboration"

No, I never contest

Or rebuke or protest

I know how to do but one thing

That is to flip-flop around

To flip-flop around

Always to the right side

I've flipped my flops so many times3

That they're cracking all over

At the next revolution

I'll bring out my thong4

1. lit. "I turn my vest/jacket around", meaning "I change sides", with the connotations of "flip-flopping"2. lit. "make my butter"3. this verse relies especially on the clothing pun; I hope this works in translation4. lit. "I'll turn my pants around", implication of "I'll show my ass"—thankfully, there's a word that works here!