Le Diable (Ça Va)

One day the Devil came to earth
One day the Devil came to earth to watch over his interests
He saw everything, the Devil
He heard everything and after seeing everything
After hearing everything
He went back home, over there
And over there they had a grand banquet
At the end of the banquet, the Devil stood up
He gave a speech and in essence

He said this, he said: There are always everywhere
Fires illuminating the earth it's fine
Men have fun like crazy
With the dangerous games of war it's fine

Trains derail with a crash
Because guys full of ideals
Put bombs on the tracks
It causes original deaths
It causes deaths without confession
Confessions without remission it's fine
Nothing is sold but everything is bought
Honor and even sanctity it's fine
States secretly transform
Into anonymous societies it's fine

The rich snatch the dollars
Coming from the land of children
Europe repeats The Miser
In a setting from nineteen hundred
It causes deaths from starvation
And the starvation of nations it's fine
Men have seen so much
That their eyes have turned gray it's fine
And they don't even sing anymore
In all the streets of Paris it's fine

They call the brave crazy
And the poets fools
But in newspapers everywhere
All the bastards have their photo
It hurts the honest people
And makes the dishonest people laugh
It's fine it's fine it's fine it's fine