... et j'ai couché dans mon char

I drove 400 miles
Under an angry sky.
At the city limits
My heart clenched tight.
The big flashes appear
In my lost soul,
The ghosts rise up
In every square inch.
Returning from exile
Comes with risks
Like putting a needle
In an old record.
There's been a lot of progress,
Lots of asphalt, and so on;
I wonder who I'd be
If I had stayed here.
Unbearable pain
Whose fault is it?
I just couldn't stand
To see her with another.
But it's all forgotten,
I've become a man again;
The fancy little heart
Comes to see his old pals.
Hello, the roughnecks,
Hello, the scumbags.
You find the stash
I'll pay for the party.
I hear the foundry bustling;
For those who don't know
They burn the rock there
And tons of good guys.
The tall chimneys
Eternal as hell;
When the gas hit me
I turned everything upside down.
Do you hear the rumor,
The company's law?
"You'll have to die
If you want to live, my friend."
I pushed my change
Into the phone booth;
Strange feeling
I don't reach anyone anymore.
"Time flies" I tell myself,
I'll do my best.
I walked in the night
Looking for an orchestra.
I take my room at Capri
I end up in the same one;
Same burns on the carpet,
Same view of the "Main".
How to sleep in a bed
Where you made love to angels?
I feel madness rising:
I go down to the lounge.
In the flame of a lighter
An intriguing face;
I know that guy,
God, it's Satan!
Long time no see
It's not warm here, damn.
I almost kissed him
I was so happy.
He said "The gang split up,
It was just an era.
Its value has fallen
Like the price of the cup.
They all got busted
One after the other;
In the end, only he remained
Me, my shadow, and his coat.
The others shut their eyes,
They declare to the tax.
New clientele
And robot music.
When the downs of your highs
Rip you apart inside,
You commit like cattle:
No misery, no happiness.
They sold bound love
For tenderness.
They locked themselves
In the chamber of commerce.
Now I'm almost alone
Providing at the Plaza
What people want
What the law doesn't allow.
They can come get me
To handcuff me;
Forty years of freedom
These days, it's a good deal.
No one fucks me over
I kept my cool;
How much is that worth, calculate!
I'm already a millionaire.
Heartwise, quite content;
There are people on the line.
When the buddies are in trouble
I take care of the darlings.
Do you remember, your big crush,
The lovely Rose-Aimée?
I'll tell you a funny one:
Me and her, it's steady.
(When he told me that...)
It hit me like a nail,
A knife in the potato.
The stitch held up:
Well, let's drink to that!
The day rose over Rouyn
With big golden rays.
I chatted with my instinct...
And I slept in my car.