Je suis de celles [English translation]

Fancy meeting you here!

It's me, Nathalie

Don't you remember me?

Sure you do

We were together in high school

Sure, I changed

Now I have kids, a husband

So what? Surprised?

I was not meant for

an orderly life.

I was lost,

my husband found me.

I was one of those

who never say no.

The loose girls

whose name is soon forgotten

I was not the pretty one

just her friend,

the one you hardly see,

the what's-her-name.

I was two years older

maybe two years too many

and I liked boys

maybe a bit too much

Of course you had won

scores of hearts

though nobody had ever witnessed

one of your party affairs.

For many of you

I'm the first time,

one of these priceless things

or at least not too cheap

I was not one of those

who are to be courted.

I was one of those

who already consented.

You came by me

but the next day

you would not be seen

holding my hand

As you kissed me

inconspicuously

I knew it was for fear

of being seen with me

So I closed my eyes

ever so tightly

while you kept yours

watchfuly open

I kept saying to myself

"don't get involved"

while you thought

"don't get caught"

But once in my arms

your breathless whispers

they were mine,

all mine.

Snug against you,

breathing through your hair,

I know, I declare

that you loved me a bit.

Some girls fall in love,

it's noble, it elevates them

As for me, it felt

like falling from a chair.

So full of yourselves now that you had done it

you gave lectures,

dissecting me like a mouse,

donating my body to science.

I was an inspiration

for the smutty jokes

that helped you feel like men,

you little men, you cavemen

Letting slip from your lips

a single tender word

was like admitting

your worst weakness.

You the bullies

chatting like old pros

forgot that, in my arms,

you did not look so proud.

And the other girls,

the treacherous goody-goodies

would have shaved my hairs off

in another time.

The girls used to

being pampered

know nothing of the solitude

that can't be consoled.

You came by me

but the next day

you would not be seen

holding my hand

• Artist:Bénabar
• Album:Les risques du métier (2003)