Quand on arrive en ville [English translation]

When everyone is asleep quietly

In the sleepy suburbs

That's when the zonards*

Descend on the town

Who violates the girls

In the car park at night

Who sets fire to buildings

It's always the zonards

So there is panic on the streets

When we arrive in town

When we arrive in town

Everyone crosses to the other side of the pavement

We don't seem like grown men

But we're scary to see

Boys who wear makeup

That makes passers-by laugh

But when they see blood

On the blade of our razors

It's like a light in fog

When we arrive in town

Us, all that we want

Is to be happy

To be happy before being old

We don't have the time to wait until we're 30

Us, all that we want

Is to be happy

To be happy before being old

We take everything that we can while we're waiting

When we arrive in town

We come from nowhere

We live without a home

We sleep in warehouses

During the day we are calm

We are incognito

In the evening we change our skin

And we fight with fate

So prepare yourselves for a brawl

When we arrive in town

When the underground town

Is plunged into darkness

People who are out

Leave on stretchers

We act without reason

Does that seem bizarre to you?

Maybe it's because we're crazy

Maybe it's because of despair

At least, thats what the evening papers say

When we arrive in town

Us, all that we want

Is to be happy

To be happy before being old

We don't have the time to wait until we're 30

Us, all that we want

Is to be happy

To be happy before being old

We take everything that we can while we're waiting

When the year 2000 comes

We'll be 40

If we don't live now

Tomorrow, it'll be too late

What will we do this evening?

Perhaps we'll break everything

If you go out dancing

Don't come back too late

In fear that we've keyed your Jaguars

Prepare yourselves for a brawl

There is panic on the streets

When we arrive in town