Vive Les Vacances

Long live vacation, the mice dance
and it swings and it swings and it romances
long live vacation, it's our childhood
adolescence, rebirth
oh I can't stand hanging around in this bed
where I love you or I sleep or I read
no problems, we pack our bags
and we take on the southern accent
we are surrounded, dismayed by the working world
stop a bit, we're not cattle
in two hours we'll be on the beach
isn't it great
long live vacation, the mice dance
experiences without consequences
long live vacation, we get engaged
goodbye caution, no offense
thank you summer, full of laughter and joy
it will last as long as you last
but for now we're sunbathing
and enjoying an enhanced nap
the sea is blue, it's like a Trenet song
I drink salt from your enchanted source
and your breath is shorter, what a mystery
it's the sea air
we easily forget all the missteps
that life throws at us every day
we fool around, but what's great
is that we stay up in the air between two loves
I threw my radio pen
and my quartz watch, goodbye gadgets
we're joyful, yay let's dive in
long live vacation, the mice dance
and all we think about is that in France
long live, long live vacation, the mice dance
and it swings and it romances
long live, long live vacation, the mice dance
we spend, poor finances
long live, long live vacation, the mice dance...