Just one touch of freedom
And Paris becomes angry
And Paris starts to rumble
And the next day, it's war.
Paris wakes up
And opens its prisons
Paris is feverish:
It heals itself in its own way.
You have to see the pavements leap
When Paris becomes angry
You have to see them, those rusty rifles
Which wink at the windows
Above the barricades
Which shoot in the streets
Everyone their own grenade
Their own knife or their bare hands.
Life and death don't matter any more
We have won, we have lost
But above our faces we can display
Flowers in our hats. (?)
We want to be free
No matter what the cost
We want to live, live, live
Live freely in Paris
Watch out, it always goes a long way
When Paris becomes angry
When Paris sounds the alarm bell
It's heard all over the world
And the world trembles
When Paris is in danger
And the world sings
When Paris is freed
It's the liberty celebration
And Paris isn't angry any more
And Paris can go dancing
It has seen the light again.
After the tempest
After the fear and the cold
Paris celebrates
And Paris cries with joy.