Les Oiseaux Dans Les Grands Magasins Lyrics in English by Aldebert

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Les Oiseaux Dans Les Grands Magasins by Aldebert from French to English.
Les oiseaux qui restent coincés dans les grands magasins
The birds that get stuck in department stores
Que font-ils quand les foules ont déserté ?
What do they do when the crowds have left?
Ils attendent perchés que le dernier des gardiens
They wait perched for the last of the guards
Éteigne les lumières et ferme tout à clef
To turn off the lights and lock everything up
Alors se retrouvent pour une nuit d'enfer
Then they meet up for a wild night
Tous les moineaux qui n'ont pas trouvés la sortie
All the sparrows who haven't found the exit
Volatiles égarés, pigeons oubliés
Lost birds, forgotten pigeons
Une « oiseaux-party » comme c'est pas permis
A "bird-party" like it's forbidden
Les oiseaux dans les grands magasins
The birds in department stores
Passereaux et piafs, enchaînent les gaffes
Passerines and sparrows, keep making blunders
Les oiseaux dans les grands magasins
The birds in department stores
S'amusent, s'amusent jusqu'au petit matin
They have fun, have fun until early morning
Enfin les voilà seuls dans la grande surface
Finally, here they are alone in the supermarket
Aussitôt transformée en immense discothèque
Immediately transformed into a huge nightclub
Que l'on retrouve des plumes dans la glace Hagendas
That we find feathers in the Hagendas ice cream
Faites péter le champagne, la zique et les amuse becs
Pop the champagne, the music, and the appetizers
De plateaux télé sur les écrans géants
From TV trays on the giant screens
En course de caddies dans les allées
In shopping cart races in the aisles
Ça gazouille, cancane, caquette, sur les tapis roulants
It chirps, gossips, cackles, on the conveyor belts
Jacasse, hulule et glougloute au rayon surgelé
It chatters, hoots, and gobbles in the frozen food section
Les oiseaux dans les grands magasins
The birds in department stores
Passereaux et piafs, enchaînent les gaffes
Passerines and sparrows, keep making blunders
Les oiseaux dans les grands magasins
The birds in department stores
S'amusent, s'amusent jusqu'au petit matin
They have fun, have fun until early morning
Quel bonheur de semer la pagaille !
What a joy to wreak havoc!
Comment c'est trop cool, c'est la vie qui roucoule
How it's so cool, it's life cooing
Mais le rayon « volaille, coqs, chapons et cailles »
But the "poultry, roosters, capons and quails" section
Donne à cette foule, la chair de poule !
Gives this crowd goosebumps!
« Moi qui suis un vieux corbeau flegmatique
"Me, who am an old phlegmatic crow
C'est dans ce magasin que j'ai marié mon hirondelle
It's in this store that I married my swallow
Je fêterai bientôt mes dix ans de boutique
I'll soon celebrate my ten years in the store
Ce soir encore, nous aurons tous un coup dans l'aile »
Tonight again, we'll all have a drink"
« Moi c'est ici que j'ai cassé ma coquille
"Me, it's here that I hatched
Entre les chocolats et bonbons acidulés
Between the chocolates and sour candies
D'un œuf Kinder, je suis venu à la vie
From a Kinder egg, I came to life
En sifflant à tue-tête au milieu du supermarché »
While whistling at the top of my lungs in the middle of the supermarket"
Les oiseaux dans les grands magasins
The birds in department stores
Passereaux et piafs, enchaînent les gaffes
Passerines and sparrows, keep making blunders
Les oiseaux dans les grands magasins
The birds in department stores
S'amusent, s'amusent jusqu'au petit matin
They have fun, have fun until early morning
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Lyrics © WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC FRANCE
GUILLAUME ALDEBERT, DAMIEN CURRIN, CHRISTOPHE ALBERT DARLOT, CEDRIC DESMAZIERE, JEAN-CYRIL MASSON
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oiseau-party — bird party

Oiseau-party is a playful and unique compound word, combining the French word for "bird" (oiseau) with the English word "party." It's a clever neologism that immediately evokes a fun, informal gathering of birds.

In the context of the song, it describes the wild, secret party that the birds trapped in a department store throw after everyone else has left. It perfectly captures the whimsical and mischievous spirit of the lyrics, making it both memorable and enticing.

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