On jouait fort Lyrics in English Bénabar
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song On jouait fort by Bénabar from French to English.
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Notre enfance était récente on prenait du retard
Our childhood was recent, we were falling behind
Dans la salle d'attente où les adultes se préparent
In the waiting room where the adults get ready
On chantait dans des bars où les copains avaient le bon goût
We sang in bars where friends had good taste
De venir nous voir et d'être autant saouls que nous
To come see us and be as drunk as we are
Les bars n'étaient pas grands et pas vraiment pleins
Bars weren't big and not really full
Souvent y avait moins de clients qu'on était de musiciens
Often there were fewer customers than we were musicians
On jouait faux bon, d'accord
We were playing false good, okay
Mais au moins on jouait fort
But at least we were playing hard
C'était pas la bohème on n'avait ni faim ni froid
It wasn't bohemian, we were neither hungry nor cold
Un peu perdus quand même ça nous déplaisait pas
A little lost all the same we didn't mind
C'était le temps d'avant les selfies, internet
It was the time before the selfies, the internet
Celui que les moins de vingt ans ne peuvent pas connaître
The one that those under twenty cannot know
On a fait toutes les conneries qu'on fait à cet âge là
We did all the bullshit we do at that age
C'est dur de dire aujourd'hui à mes enfants 'ne les faites pas'
It's hard to tell my children today 'don't do them'
On jouait faux, bon d'accord
We were playing out of tune, okay
Mais au moins on jouait fort
But at least we were playing hard
De chanson en chanson on m'a fait le tour de la France
From song to song I was taken around France
Parce que il y a pas de raison d'épargner la province
Because there is no reason to spare the province
Les filles me tombaient dans les bras j'étais un bourreau des cœurs
The girls fell into my arms I was a heartbreaker
J'avais confiance en moi j'étais sportif et non fumeur
I had confidence in myself I was athletic and non-smoker
L'avantage d'écrire ses chansons c'est qu'on raconte ce qu'on veut
The advantage of writing your songs is that you tell what you want
Je parle six langues, je joue du violon, je mesure un mètre quatre-vingt deux
I speak six languages, I play the violin, I'm six feet tall
On jouait faux, bon d'accord
We were playing out of tune, okay
Mais au moins on jouait fort
But at least we were playing hard
J'ai l'impression de te revoir là devant au premier rang
I feel like seeing you again there in the front row
Une des rares alors à croire que les bars seraient de plus en plus grands
One of the few then to believe that the bars would be bigger and bigger
Au hasard d'un rangement si tu tombes sur un vieux CD
At random in a storage if you come across an old CD
Tu dois savoir malgré le temps que je ne t'ai pas oubliée
You must know despite the time that I haven't forgotten you
On jouait faux, bon d'accord
We were playing out of tune, okay
Mais au moins on jouait fort
But at least we were playing hard
On jouait faux, bon d'accord
We were playing out of tune, okay
Mais au moins, on jouait fort
But at least we were playing hard
On jouait fort
We were playing hard
On jouait fort
We were playing hard
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