Marine Marchande [English translation]

Today, I signed for

Goodbye my babe

I joined

The merchant navy

I'm leaving this shit-hole

For a pack of a hundred bucks

What a man would be ready to do

In order to avoid your face

Oh my Prince Charming

You never worked

And you're the worst wanker

The Earth ever endured

If it's true you're leaving

I'll settle on the beach

Just to see you fat ass

Sailing into the wide blue yonder.

You're so mean when you're drunk

And since you're always drunk

Well, you're mean all the time

It's like revolving doors

So yes I signed

To never see you again my babe

I have joined

The merchant navy.

Chorus =

[A drink , a drink , a drink for my throat is on fire

A drink , a drink , a drink for all the unhappy couples

A drink , a drink , one last shot for you babe

I have joined the merchant navy

Yes I have joined the merchant navy]

Off the coast in the North Atlantic

On twisted seas

Yeah I'm squealing like a pig

In thirty feet high waves

I am puking my bowels out

Because of seasickness

But I'm swearing on my own Bible

That nothing equals the Hell - Of having to live with you

Yeah right , my man

You think you're getting me crying

You , who's cheating on me , poor fool I am !

As soon as I turned my back

So yes I'm drinking my shitty life

Straight from the neck

Of a bottle of whisky

But you're the only one to blame, asshole !

CHORUS

Oh I lost twenty pounds since I left

Because of a goddamn dysentery

I'm shitting myself so much that the captain

Casted me off like a dumbass in quarantine

Oh it's too hot, it stinks here and I'm not a sailor

The sea is plagued with Somalian pirates

I'm nothing but a failure, you were right

But now please lemme get back home

Bring me back home sweetie , I'm begging you

CHORUS

All alone on the wharf

Of the harbour of Djibouti

I'm so messed up

So far away from my country

Even though you're a real madwoman

I got to resign myself to the inevitable

I'm taking the next flight

The very day you give me a sign

Oh you might as well come back

But don't be in such a hurry, my boy.

There's no fire on the ship

And in four years without you

I have been in great company

With the neighbour upstairs

Who's coming down every night in our bed

To keep your place warm

Last CHORUS