Trop Tôt, Trop tard
Manu Chao
Too Early, Too Late
While the rain every night
Hits you on the tile not a drop of oil
Hits the window
of your poor old rusty brain.
You smell the musty, the old wet dog
You feel autumn coming and you wonder
About the white hair, about all this time
Killed by doing nothing,
When you take out your dentures
You're mad at the whole world
You're mad at your friends
All those who left
Who let you down there
Since tomorrow will already be like
It was yesterday, damn fate...
100,000 regrets...
Swearing to take the next train
That arrives at the station, and departs
Always too early for a too late...
And you wonder about all this time
Killed by doing nothing
Your life is just a damp firecracker
And your friends... my poor darling
The same buddies...
Those who like you haven't moved
The same jokes, the same outings
The noodles and the TV...
And the sister, in the kitchen...
When it's sad to cry
It's silly to say, better to laugh...
Always too early for a too late...
Always too early for a too late...
Swearing to take the next train
That arrives at the station,
Swearing to take the next train
That arrives at the station, and departs
Always too early for a too late...
Always too early for a too late...
For lack of better
You play the big game
There's no more love in your home
Your life is just a damp firecracker
That you light up and smoke
And you wonder about all this time
Wasted listening to yourself talk
Alone, in your beautiful setting
When laziness holds you on a leash
You have your sadness as your only mistress
For lack of better
Always too early for a too late...
Always too early for a too late...
