Édith Piaf
I Shouldn’t Care (J’m’en fous pas mal) lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1956
- Genre
- Ballad, French Pop
- Length
- 2:31
I shouldn't care
I shouldn't care
What if he tells me that we're through?
What if he says we're done?
I shouldn't care
I shouldn't care
I'll get along, I always do
I'll manage, I always do
Why should I care?
Why should I care?
Why beat my head against the wall?
Why bang my head on the wall?
I shouldn't care at all
I shouldn't care at all
This was supposed to be clever
This was meant to be smart
Carefree and carelessly wild
Free-spirited and recklessly wild
Now when he tells me it's over
Now when he says it's over
I fall in love like a child
I fall in love like a child
I didn't care
I didn't care
Until the flame began to cool
Until the flame began to cool
I didn't care
I didn't care
But now I'm falling like a fool
But now I'm falling like a fool
It isn't fair
It isn't fair
And I keep saying as I fall
And I keep saying as I fall
I shouldn't care at all
I shouldn't care at all
I have to work for a living
I have to work for a living
I'm no Marie-Antoinette
I'm no Marie-Antoinette
People who work for a living
People who work for a living
Can't run away to forget
Can't run away to forget
So, here I am
So, here I am
Not even dreams left on my shelf
Not even dreams left on my shelf
How near I am
How near I am
To going mad here by myself
To going mad here by myself
Why did I dare?
Why did I dare?
Right from the start, I swear, I knew
Right from the start, I swear, I knew
I shouldn't care, but I do
I shouldn't care, but I do
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Key vocabulary
- shouldn't
- should not
- he
- I have
- we're
- we are
- i'll
- I will
- it's
- it is
- but
- goalB1
- i'm
- I am
- knew
- know
- isn't
- is not
- mad
- angry
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About this song
Édith Piaf was a French chanteuse in the French chanson tradition, remembered for the signature recordings “La vie en rose” and “Non, je ne regrette rien” during the mid-20th century. She was known for her prominence in Paris cabarets and international acclaim.