Foule Sentimentale Lyrics in English Alain Souchon
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Foule Sentimentale by Alain Souchon from French to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
la la la vie en rose
la la la vie en rose
Le rose qu'on nous propose
The pink that we are offered
D'avoir les quantités d'choses
To have quantities of things
Qui donnent envie d'autre chose
Which makes you want something else
Aïe, on nous fait croire
Ouch, they make us believe
Que le bonheur c'est d'avoir
That happiness is to have
De l'avoir plein nos armoires
To have our cupboards full
Dérisions de nous dérisoires car
Let's make fun of ourselves because
Foule sentimentale
Sentimental crowd
On a soif d'idéal
We are thirsty for the ideal
Attirée par les étoiles, les voiles
Attracted by the stars, the sails
Que des choses pas commerciales
Only non-commercial things
Foule sentimentale
Sentimental crowd
Il faut voir comme on nous parle
You have to see how they talk to us
Comme on nous parle
As they speak to us
Il se dégage
He emerges
De ces cartons d'emballage
Of these packing boxes
Des gens lavés, hors d'usage
People washed, out of use
Et tristes et sans aucun avantage
And sad and without any benefit
On nous inflige
We are inflicted
Des désirs qui nous affligent
Desires that afflict us
On nous prend faut pas déconner dès qu'on est né
They take us, don't mess around as soon as we're born
Pour des cons alors qu'on est
For idiots when we are
Des foules sentimentales
Sentimental crowds
Avec soif d'idéal
With a thirst for the ideal
Attirées par les étoiles, les voiles
Attracted by the stars, the sails
Que des choses pas commerciales
Only non-commercial things
Foule sentimentale
Sentimental crowd
Il faut voir comme on nous parle
You have to see how they talk to us
Comme on nous parle
As they speak to us
On nous Claudia Schieffer
We are Claudia Schieffer
On nous Paul-Loup Sulitzer
We are Paul-Loup Sulitzer
le mal qu'on peut nous faire
the harm that can be done to us
Et qui ravagea la moukère
And who ravaged the moukère
Du ciel dévale
From the sky is falling
Un désir qui nous emballe
A desire that thrills us
Pour demain nos enfants pâles
For tomorrow our pale children
Un mieux, un rêve, un cheval
A better, a dream, a horse
Foule sentimentale
Sentimental crowd
On a soif d'idéal
We are thirsty for the ideal
Attirée par les étoiles, les voiles
Attracted by the stars, the sails
Que des choses pas commerciales
Only non-commercial things
Foule sentimentale
Sentimental crowd
Il faut voir comme on nous parle
You have to see how they talk to us
Comme on nous parle
As they speak to us
Foule sentimentale
Sentimental crowd
On a soif d'idéal
We are thirsty for the ideal
Attirée par les étoiles, les voiles
Attracted by the stars, the sails
Que des choses pas commerciales
Only non-commercial things
Foule sentimentale
Sentimental crowd
Il faut voir comme on nous parle
You have to see how they talk to us
Comme on nous parle
As they speak to us
Foule sentimentale
Sentimental crowd
On a soif d'idéal
We are thirsty for the ideal
Attirée par les étoiles, les voiles
Attracted by the stars, the sails
Que des choses pas commerciales
Only non-commercial things
Foule sentimentale
Sentimental crowd
Il faut voir comme on nous parle
You have to see how they talk to us
Comme on nous parle
As they speak to us
Foule sentimentale
Sentimental crowd
On a soif d'idéal
We are thirsty for the ideal
Attirée par les étoiles, les voiles
Attracted by the stars, the sails
Que des choses pas commerciales
Only non-commercial things
Foule sentimentale
Sentimental crowd
Il faut voir comme on nous parle
You have to see how they talk to us
Comme on nous parle
As they speak to us
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