Assedic

I was fed up with working
And wasting my time
Doing poorly paid jobs
With very annoying people
I was looking for a way out, and it's not easy
To leave the factory and go to the islands
I was racking my brain

I was like everyone else
Allergic to work
But not allergic to money
I only know one way
To escape to the tropics
When you're small, ugly, and broke
Unemployment benefits

I'll write to you from time to time
You'll send me my payment directly
All the way over there, on my island
Unemployment benefits
With your friend welfare
You two will be my best friends

It will be insane
The national employment agency writes to me from France
They barely want, after a month
To ruin my lovely vacation
By sending me to Prisunic to unload trucks
With my friend
Unemployment benefits

Of course, we said no
I want this to last a lifetime
Every day should be a holiday
One day, I'll receive the notice
Of the end of my benefits in my mail
But you'll have to pay me well
To go back to the carnival
Of the R.E. and the Leclerc of Bougival
Unemployment benefits

I'll write to you from time to time
You'll send me my payment directly
All the way over there, on my island
Unemployment benefits

Finally, my place in the sun
Mine the crimson skies
And the beautiful trips
Depriving me of them would be a shame
Unemployment benefits

You'll be my little mama
The mama of all the people
Who don't have money