Les filles de plus de 40 ans Lyrics in English Bénabar

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Les filles de plus de 40 ans by Bénabar from French to English.
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Elles ont l'âge de leurs mères
They are the age of their mothers
Quand elles étaient petites
When they were small
Les quadragénaires
Forty-year-olds
Attendent beaucoup de la suite
Expect a lot from the sequel
Si elles pensent à tort
If they think wrongly
Qu'on n'les regarde pas comme avant
Don't look at them like before
C'est qu'on fait plus l'effort
It's that we make more effort
De le faire lourdement
To do it heavily
On change évidement
We obviously change
Mais c'était marqué dessus
But it was marked on it.
Ni Prince, ni charmant
Neither Prince nor charming
C'est pas des princesses non plus
It's not princesses either
Si elles nous soupçonnent
If they suspect us
De désirer d'autres qu'elles
To desire others than themselves
C'est blessant car les hommes
It's hurtful because men
Sont par nature fidèles
Are by nature faithful
Les filles de plus de quarante ans
Girls over forty
N'aiment pas qu'on leur mente
Don't like to be lied to
Sauf quand on fait semblant
Except when you pretend
De leur en donner trente
To give them thirty
Elles veulent rien lâcher
They want to give up nothing
Quand on n'est pas d'accord
When you disagree
Peut-on nous reprocher
Can we be blamed?
De n'avoir jamais tort
To never be wrong
Les hommes de moins d'cinquante ans
Men under fifty
Ont c'est vrai l'avantage
Have it is true the advantage
D'embellir physiquement
To beautify physically
De se bonifier avec l'âge
To improve with age
Les filles de plus de quarante ans
Girls over forty
N'aiment pas qu'on leur mente
Don't like to be lied to
Sauf quand on fait semblant
Except when you pretend
De leur en donner trente
To give them thirty
Craignant de perdre leur charme
Afraid of losing their charm
Elles ont des coup d'mou comme nous
They have slack like us
Mais le temps gentleman
But the gentleman time
Ne leur reprend pas tout
Don't take everything back from them
Quand on les surprend
When we surprise them
À douter d'leur apparence
To doubt their appearance
On fait des compliments
We give compliments
Que parfois en plus, on pense
That sometimes in addition, we think
Les filles de plus de quarante ans
Girls over forty
N'aiment pas qu'on leur mente
Don't like to be lied to
Sauf quand on fait semblant
Except when you pretend
De leur en donner trente
To give them thirty
Quand dans très très longtemps
When in a very, very long time
Elles en auront cinquante
They will have fifty
On fera toujours semblant
We will always pretend
De leur en donner trente, mhh, neuf
To give them thirty, mhh, nine
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