Quand on arrive en ville [English translation]

When everyone is soundly asleep

In the city suburbs

It’s time for the zonards1

To get downtown

Who is raping the girls

In the car parks at night?

Who sets fire to the buildings?

It’s always the zonards

So panic fills the boulevards

When we get into town

When we get into town

Everybody switches sidewalks

We may not look manly

But we are scary to see

Men in makeup

They may make people laugh

But when they see blood

On our razor blades

It’s like a lightning bolt in the fog

When we get into town

Chorus:

The only thing we want

Is to be happy

Be happy before getting old

We don’t have time to wait for our thirtieth year

The only thing we want

Is to be happy

Be happy before getting old

We’re taking all we can take in the meantime

When we get into town

We come from nowhere

We live homeless

We sleep in sheds

During the day we’re quiet

Nobody notices us

At night we change skin

And we hit randomly

So get ready for the fight

When we get into town

When the underground city

Is engulfed in darkness

People wandering there

Come out on stretchers

We act without reason

It may seem strange to you

It may be that we are stupid

It may be that we are desperate

At least that’s what the evening newspapers say

When we get into town

The only thing we want

Is to be happy

Be happy before getting old

We don’t have time to wait for our thirtieth year

The only thing we want

Is to be happy

Be happy before getting old

We’re taking all we can take in the meantime

When the year 2000 comes

We’ll be 40 years old

If we don’t live now

Tomorrow will be too late

What should we do tonight ?

We might destroy everything

If you go out to dance

Don’t go home too late

We might scratch your Jaguars

Get ready for the fight

Panic is on the boulevards!

When we get into town

1. poor people from suburbs