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Cactus concerto – Benjamin Biolay

Benjamin Biolay

Cactus concerto lyrics with English translation

Language
French
Level
Intermediate
Released
2007
Genre
Pop
Length
3:59
  1. Peu m'importe

    I couldn't care less

  2. Qu'on t'ait dit n'importe quoi

    What they've told you, anything at all

  3. Peu m'importe

    I couldn't care less

  4. Ce qu'on te raconte de moi

    What they're saying about me

  5. Peu m'importe

    I couldn't care less

  6. Que tu vives au Four Wheel Drive

    That you're living the Four Wheel Drive

  7. Qu'on t'accoste

    That you're being approached

  8. On est comme deux Jackson Five

    We're like two Jackson Five

  9. Peu m'importe

    I couldn't care less

  10. Que tu aies quitté l'Europe

    That you've left Europe

  11. Peu m'importe

    I don't care

  12. Que tu fasses encore la morte

    If you're still playing dead

  13. Peu m'importe qu'on soit deux crétins

    I don't care if we're two fools

  14. ou trois

    or three

  15. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 crétins comme moi

    4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 fools like me

  16. A frapper a ta porte

    Knocking at your door

  17. Personne

    No one

  18. Soudain ivre morte

    Suddenly dead drunk

  19. La bonne

    The maid

  20. Les cheveux coupés ras

    With her hair cut short

  21. Tu te tiens juste derrière

    You stand right behind

  22. Je dis comment ça va

    I say, how's it going

  23. Tu dis qu'est ce que ca peut te faire

    You say, what does it matter to you

  24. Je viens de loin pour toi

    I've come from afar for you

  25. J'ai traversé les mers

    I've crossed the seas

  26. Tu dis je suis ravie pour toi

    You say, I'm happy for you

  27. Mais j'ai des trucs à faire

    But I have things to do

  28. Ne reste pas

    Don't just stand there

  29. A piétiner mes fougères

    Trampling all over my ferns

  30. Je n'ai jamais pu compter sur toi

    I've never been able to count on you

  31. Alors garde tes grands airs.

    So keep your grand airs.

  32. Je peux dormir dans l'étable?

    Can I sleep in the stable?

  33. Non

    No

  34. T'aurais pas un imperméable?

    Don't you have a raincoat?

  35. Non

    No

  36. Va au diable... (x4)

    Go to hell... (x4)

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Key vocabulary

coupés
cutA2
vives
livelyA2
four
ovenB1
accoste
approach
deux
twoB2
aies
have
fasses
do
morte
dead
crétins
idiots
cheveux
hair

About this song

Benjamin Biolay is a French singer-songwriter and arranger in the tradition of chanson. He is known for writing and performing gruff, low-register songs that move between modern French pop, rock, and reworked tango and Latin rhythms, with albums such as Trash Yeye, Palmero Hollywood, and Trenet.

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Cactus concerto

Peu m'importe

I couldn't care less

Qu'on t'ait dit n'importe quoi

What they've told you, anything at all

Peu m'importe

I couldn't care less

Ce qu'on te raconte de moi

What they're saying about me

Peu m'importe

I couldn't care less

Que tu vives au Four Wheel Drive

That you're living the Four Wheel Drive

Qu'on t'accoste

That you're being approached

On est comme deux Jackson Five

We're like two Jackson Five

Peu m'importe

I couldn't care less

Que tu aies quitté l'Europe

That you've left Europe

Peu m'importe

I don't care

Que tu fasses encore la morte

If you're still playing dead

Peu m'importe qu'on soit deux crétins

I don't care if we're two fools

ou trois

or three

4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 crétins comme moi

4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 fools like me

A frapper a ta porte

Knocking at your door

Personne

No one

Soudain ivre morte

Suddenly dead drunk

La bonne

The maid

Les cheveux coupés ras

With her hair cut short

Tu te tiens juste derrière

You stand right behind

Je dis comment ça va

I say, how's it going

Tu dis qu'est ce que ca peut te faire

You say, what does it matter to you

Je viens de loin pour toi

I've come from afar for you

J'ai traversé les mers

I've crossed the seas

Tu dis je suis ravie pour toi

You say, I'm happy for you

Mais j'ai des trucs à faire

But I have things to do

Ne reste pas

Don't just stand there

A piétiner mes fougères

Trampling all over my ferns

Je n'ai jamais pu compter sur toi

I've never been able to count on you

Alors garde tes grands airs.

So keep your grand airs.

Je peux dormir dans l'étable?

Can I sleep in the stable?

Non

No

T'aurais pas un imperméable?

Don't you have a raincoat?

Non

No

Va au diable... (x4)

Go to hell... (x4)