Les cheveux longs, les idées courtes [English translation]

If Mr Kennedy

would return today

or if Mr Ghandi

would suddenly resurrect

they would be amazed

when they would be told

that to change the world

singing is enough

Da-da-da-da-dam

Da-da-da-da-dam

and before anything else

having long hairs

crying in a mike:

"I want freedom"

sitting on his bottom

with folded arms

our fathers and grand fathers

never had tought of it

if then, how much tears

and blood would have been spared

Da-da-da-da-dam

Da-da-da-da-dam

but of course, their hairs

weren't long enough

Writing on his jacket:

"war must stop"

sitting on his bottom

with folded arms

the vietnam's bronzed

never have tought of it

all they could have done

is to go up in smoke

Da-da-da-da-dam

Da-da-da-da-dam

but of course, their hairs

aren't long enough

crying: "It's a shame

man dies from hunger"

sitting on his bottom

with folded arms

is this the answer?

Is it the right way of doing?

anyway, the Hindus

will have to content themselves with it

Da-da-da-da-dam

Da-da-da-da-dam

before they could find a better way

their hairs will be long

If words were enough

to make everything possible

while sitting on its bottom

with folded arms

I know that in a cage,

i will be penned

but this will be a performance

to make me fit into

Da-da-da-da-dam

Da-da-da-da-dam

Because having long hairs

is not enough

Do we grow wheat

by adressing speeches?

do we need a uniform

to hate the war?

Do we need to be a man

not singing love?

Do we have to beg our bread

and lose our dignity?

Da-da-da-da-dam

Da-da-da-da-dam

Do we have to be free

having long hairs, hairs, hairs, hairs?

Da-da-da-da-dam

Da-da-da-da-dam