Benjamin Biolay
Cactus concerto lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2007
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:59
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 là
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)
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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
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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.