La Vieille Dame Lyrics in English Maxime Le Forestier
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Vieille Dame by Maxime Le Forestier from French to English.
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On l'a connue fine, fière, révolutionnaire
We knew her fine, proud, revolutionary
Quand elle allait les seins à l'air
When she went with her breasts in the air
Terrasser l'oppresseur
Defeat the oppressor
Aujourd'hui morose, ankylose, elle veut plus changer les choses
Today gloomy, stiff, she no longer wants to change things
Elle a peur
She is scared
Peur de l'étranger, de l'étrange, peur de tout ce qui la dérange
Fear of the stranger, the strange, fear of everything that bothers her
Peur des temps nouveaux
Fear of new times
Peur qu'un voyou la déleste des trois bijoux qui lui restent
Fear that a thug will rob her of the three jewels she has left
On dirait une vieille dame
She looks like an old lady
On l'a connue chic, chère
We knew her chic, dear
L'hiver à la montagne et l'été à la mer
Winter in the mountains and summer at the sea
Elle a eu des misères
She had troubles
Elle a eu des malheurs
She had misfortunes
Aujourd'hui, débine, plus d'usines
Today, no more factories
Remisée la limousine, le chauffeur
Stored the limousine, the driver
Alors elle regrette le passé, elle sait pas trop lequel c'est
So she regrets the past, she doesn't really know which one it is
Le passé d'avant
The past before
Y a des trous dans son histoire, y a des trous dans sa mémoire
There are holes in his story, there are holes in his memory
On dirait une vieille dame
She looks like an old lady
Une vieille dame
An old lady
Aurait-elle cette vieille personne
Would she have this old person
Des talents cachés
Hidden talents
Et tous les galants qui sonnent à sa porte, qu'est-ce qu'ils viennent chercher
And all the gallants who ring his doorbell, what are they looking for?
Elle en laisse entrer un
She lets one in
Elle les déteste tous, celui-là un peu moins
She hates them all, this one a little less
Au début tout va bien
At first everything is fine
Suffit d'un mot qui blesse
Just one word that hurts
Alors elle l'engueule, fait la gueule, dit qu'elle veut rester toute seule
So she yells at him, gets angry, says she wants to be alone
Manifeste
Manifest
Est-ce que c'est le pire des salauds ou bien juste un gigolo?
Is he the worst bastard or just a gigolo?
Elle sait plus vraiment
She really doesn't know anymore
C'est son éternelle jeunesse, la folie de temps en temps
It's his eternal youth, madness from time to time
Fait tanguer la vieille dame
Makes the old lady sway
Fait tanguer la vieille dame
Makes the old lady sway
La vieille dame
The old lady
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