La vie ne m'apprend rien [English translation]

Who dares telling me they can teach me how to feel ?

Or show me what I should do to be great ?

Who can change what I carry in my blood ?

Who has the right to forbid me to be alive?

Which side are the good or the bad people?

Their gospels have made me a non-believer

Life doesn't teach me anything

I just wanted a little chat, or to choose a train

Life doesn't teach me anything

I would really like to cling to something, choose a way, choose a way

CHORUS

But I can't, I don't know

And I'm stuck right where I stand

The laws don't make the men but some men make the laws

But I can't, I don't know

And I'm stuck right where I stand

To those believing that money makes me stupid

I will say that being poor doesn't mean being honest

Maybe they believe freedom is bought

What is left of ideals under the fire

When their preachers are sheltered from the fight ?

The lives of the dead can't be saved by medals

Life doesn't teach me anything

I just wanted a little chat, or to choose a train

Life doesn't teach me anything

I would really like to cling to something, choose a way, choose a way

• Artist:Daniel Balavoine
• Album:Un autre monde (1980)