La même [English translation]

My friends heard about the life I lead.

Where people were wainting for me, I didn't come.

If I mix them up, if I bother them

It's because I'm a jumble, a mixture.

I'm too complicated, I won't ever choose

Between the two sides, don't ask me

Where I wanna go, even monkeys ape the wise men

And these wise one have created compartment in which they put us away

Eh, eh, aye, aye

Aye, aye, aye

If I bother you, well, it's the same1

If I bother you, well, it's the same

Eh, eh, aye, aye

Aye, aye, aye

If I bother you, well, it's the same

If I bother you, well, it's the same

We take boxes, we put people in it, but without ever understanding them

Like Men are made of a thousand of boxes, those boxes we take are never large enough

I followed thousands of paths, (I) shook thousands of hands

One can love Brel and Megui, even love our enemies

I'm too complicated, I'll never fit

In your little boxes, I live from day to day

So I zigzag with my black glasses

I hear people wondering "When will the mask fall ?"

Eh, eh, aye, aye

Aye, aye, aye

If I bother you, well, it's the same

If I bother you, well, it's the same

Eh, eh, aye, aye

Aye, aye, aye

If I bother you, well, it's the same

If I bother you, well, it's the same

You entered my life, oh, cherished liberty

Life is desire, desire before recommendation

You entered my life, oh, cherished liberty

Life is desire, desire before recommendation

Eh, eh, aye, aye

Aye, aye, aye

If I bother you, well, it's the same

If I bother you, well, it's the same

Eh, eh, aye, aye

Aye, aye, aye

If I bother you, well, it's the same

If I bother you, well, it's the same

Eh, eh, aye, aye

Aye, aye, aye

If I bother you, well, it's the same

If I bother you, well, it's the same

1. "c'est la même" is an idiom, word by word it's "it's the same", implied that it won't change the mind of the author : if people are bothered, the author doesn't feel concerned( +- "I don't care").