Quand on arrive en ville
Daniel Balavoine
When We Arrive in Town
Johnny
When everyone is peacefully asleep
In the dormitory suburbs
We see the hobos
Descending on the city
Who's raping the girls
At night in the parking lots?
Who's setting fire to the buildings?
Always the hobos
So...
It's panic on the boulevards
When we arrive in town
Sadia
When we arrive in town
Everyone changes sidewalks
We may not look manly
But we're scary to see
Guys putting on makeup
It makes passersby laugh
But when they see blood
On our razor blades
Sadia and Johnny
It's like...
A lightning in the fog
When we arrive in town
Us
All we want is to be happy
To be happy before we're old
We don't have time to wait until we're thirty
Us
All we want is to be happy
To be happy before we're old
We take all we can while waiting
Johnny
When we arrive in town
We come from nowhere
We live without a home
We sleep in sheds
Sadia and Johnny
During the day we're calm
We go unnoticed
At night we change our skin
And we strike randomly
So...
Get ready for the fight
When we arrive in town
Sadia
When the underground city
Is plunged into darkness
The people walking there
Come out on stretchers
Johnny
We act without a motive
It may seem strange to you
Maybe we're dumb
Sadia and Johnny
Maybe out of despair
At least
That's what the evening newspapers say
When we arrive in town
Sadia
When the year 2000 comes
We won't be twenty anymore
Sadia and Johnny
If we don't live now
Tomorrow it will be too late
Sadia
What are we going to do tonight?
Johnny
We might just break everything
Sadia and Johnny
If you go dancing
Don't come back too late
For fear...
That we scratch your Jaguars...
Get ready for the fight
It's panic on the boulevards...
When we arrive in town
When we arrive in town
Get ready for the fight
When we arrive in town
When we arrive in town
When we arrive in town