A La Campagne Lyrics in English Bénabar

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song A La Campagne by Bénabar from French to English.

In the country there's always something to do

Picking mushrooms, chopping wood

Getting some air

In the country, we don't give a damn about schedules

Like the houses with that name, it's secondary

In the country, there's always something to see

Wild boars, hedgehogs, old guys on tractors

In the country, there're places full of history

Busted castles and hundred-year-old trees

In the country, when you're a city dweller

In the country

You ask the farmers

What the weather will be tomorrow

In the country, we want authentic stuff

A fire in the fireplace and local produce

In the country, we need rustic stuff

A piece of furniture that's not wood

It ruins our morale

In the country, we say we'd like to stay

Leave Paris, the noise, the stress and pollution

In the country, clichés run wild

Quality of life and the rhythm of the seasons

In the country

We lend each other sweaters when we hang around on

The terrace

In the country

There's board games

Missing some pieces

In the country, at night, we close the shutters

There's noises in the house and outside in the forest

In the country, in my bed, instead of dreaming

I'd rather not close an eye and freak out

In the country, in theory you get up early

Not me, I'm still asleep

For reasons you know

In the mountains there's chalets, chamois

But that's not the point of this song

I just wanted to see if you were following

In the country, when Sunday night comes

In the country

To avoid traffic jams

We might not head back too late

In the country, I feel like being a countryman

With a big mustache and a velvet vest

In the country

I feel like talking terroir

'I'ma go hoop the calanchet

So the wind won't blow through the fields'

It makes me want to be sturdy and silent

The gruff patriarch of a France 2 summer series

The story of a family fighting for its estate

But I never have time

'Cause I only stay for the weekend

In the country

Can you hear in the distance the cry of the ash-grey grivette

In the country

If it snows at Christmas

I'll bring the bistouquets in

To the stable

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SONG MEANING

Bénabar’s “A La Campagne” is a cheeky postcard from rural France, listing everything a city dweller dreams of when escaping the concrete jungle: hunting mushrooms, chopping wood, spotting hedgehogs, and wandering past centuries-old castles. With humor and a touch of nostalgia, the singer piles on scene after scene of rustic charm - crackling fireplaces, mismatched board games, mysterious night-time creaks, and sturdy tractors driven by even sturdier grandpas - painting the countryside as a place where time, schedules, and cellphone reception happily disappear.

Yet the song is no simple ode to nature; it’s a playful satire of urban fantasies. The narrator craves “authenticity,” talks terroir, and imagines himself as a mustachioed, taciturn patriarch… but only until Sunday evening when traffic back to Paris looms. By exaggerating every cliché, Bénabar shows the gap between postcard-perfect dreams and real rural life, inviting listeners to laugh at their own weekend-warrior escapades while still savoring the irresistible lure of green fields and fresh air.

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