Un, deux, trois [English translation]

It took me by surpise

When I was just a kid

I was watching my nights fall *

And I wasn't expecting anything of it

Me in Springfield Massashussetts

Life was flowing like water

One day I got sentenced (to prison) to life**

By turning the radio in

It was called Rock and Roll

Me, it turned me crazy

Me, I didn't get it at all

Except that it was my life

You don't understand anything but let it ring***

It went, 1,2,3 pretty mama

4,5,6 Tu me manques

7,8,9 Jamais assez

10,11,12 Je n'ai pas le blues

Un, Deux, Trois, allez bébé

Quatre, Cinq Six, un baiser

Sept, Huit, Neuf, Je pense à toi

Dix, Onze, Douze, Dis moi quand

Apparently some people damn (curse) themselves

For power, for gold

To each their way to sell out their soul

We pity them for what they ignore

Me, when I hear the intro of "Hey Joe"

Oh, I undestand him (it?) better than any word

And nothing puts me in the same state

Than Aretha's voice

It was called Rock and Roll

Me, it turned me crazy

Me, I didn't get it at all

Except that it was my life

You don't understand anything but let it ring**

It went, 1,2,3 pretty mama

4,5,6 Tu me manques

7,8,9 Jamais assez

10,11,12 Je n'ai pas le blues

Un, Deux, Trois, allez bébé

Quatre, Cinq Six, un baiser

Sept, Huit, Neuf, Je pense à toi

Dix, Onze, Douze, Dis moi quand

And it was more than a song (lit. "a music")

A language, a communion

A secular religion

Our way to say no

Long hair up to the jacket

Same idols and same temple

We were all going in the same direction

Nowhere, yes, but together

It went, 1,2,3 pretty mama

4,5,6 Tu me manques

7,8,9 Jamais assez

10,11,12 Je n'ai pas le blues

Un, Deux, Trois, allez bébé

Quatre, Cinq Six, un baiser

Sept, Huit, Neuf, Je pense à toi

Dix, Onze, Douze, Dis moi quand