Bonjour Merci

You say: Hello; you say: Thank you
You’re always on time at the office
So polite, so well-mannered
You never get caught slipping
You’re not the type to lose your cool
Who likes to bang their fist on the table
More like the one who holds back
Who tempers, who stays calm
How much longer
Do we have to act like they want?
How much noise still
Before the ringing in my ears?

One day you’ll say: Stop
You’ll flip the rules
You’ll slam that door
To open up a new one
One day you’ll say: Stop
You’ll flip the rules
You’ll slam that door
To open up a new one

You gotta be good-looking, gotta be dignified
Gotta be strong and then fragile
Gotta be like her, like him
Be beautiful, be in
Gotta smile even at the worst
Gotta be nice and useful
Gotta be Mr. Average
And at the same time be unique
How much longer
Do we have to act like they want?
How much noise still
Before the ringing in my ears?

One day you’ll say: Stop
You’ll flip the rules
You’ll slam that door
To open up a new one
One day you’ll say: Stop
You’ll flip the rules
You’ll slam that door
To open up a new one
One day you’ll say: Stop
You’ll flip the rules
You’ll slam that door
To open up a new one

Since we only have one life
We gotta be alive
Let ourselves be swayed
Go with every current
We won’t be afraid of anything
We’ll say everything out loud
We’ll take our destiny
Arm in arm, body to body
You say: Hello; you say: Thank you
You’ll never go back to the office.