Le France

When I think of the old English
That was called the 'Queen Mary',
Stranded so far from its cliffs
On a dock in California,
When I think of the old English,
I envy the sunken wrecks,
Long-haul flights seeking a dream
And never saw their country again.
Don't ever call me 'France' again.
France, she let me down.
Don't ever call me 'France' again.
It's my last wish.
I was a gigantic ship
Capable of sailing a thousand years.
I was a giant, I was almost
Almost as strong as the ocean.
I was a gigantic ship.
I carried thousands of lovers.
I was France. What's left of it?
A dead body for cormorants.
Don't ever call me 'France' again.
France, she let me down.
Don't ever call me 'France' again.
It's my last wish.
When I think of the old English
That was called the 'Queen Mary',
I wouldn't want to end up like her
On a dock in California.
May the greatest warship
Have the courage to sink me,
Ass facing Saint-Nazaire,
Breton country where I was born.
Don't ever call me 'France' again.
France, she let me down.
Don't ever call me 'France' again.
It's my last wish.