Ma ville [English translation]

The road is dirty

We don’t sing there anymore, we barely meet each other

Those who walk there speak so quietly

That the road is dead

Factory road

All stained with oil fallen from the machines

I no longer see any children play in your gutters

The road is crazy

Like a beggar, I wander

Nobody to say hello to me

I’m a stranger mother

In the town where I saw the day

Like a thief, they look at me

There’s no chance of friendship

Their smiles they keep to themselves

In this town where I was born

My town is sad

A hundred thousand people and no one exists

The flow of cash drags along a thousand ghosts

Like a single man

My town is grey

From the concrete corridors to the churches’ porches

Everything will become so dark that there’s no longer a cure

My town is ugly

Like a beggar, I wander

Nobody to say hello to me

I’m a stranger my mother

In the town where I saw the day

Like a thief, they look at me

There’s no chance of friendship

Their smiles they keep to themselves

In the town where I was born

But tomorrow, tomorrow if you want

All of tomorrow, tomorrow together

We will remake my town, my town

And tomorrow, tomorrow if you want

All of tomorrow, tomorrow together

We will remake my town, my town