L'arbre va tomber [English translation]

The tree’s going to fall

The branches were dirtying the walls

Nothing must be left

The gentleman wants to park his car

We, we had scratched it

Just to put arrows and hearts there

But the tree’s going to fall

The world looks away

The tree’s going to fall

That’ll make some space at the crossroads

Man has made up his mind

And man is always the strongest

It’s not complicated

It won’t take him long

To bring it all crashing down

The tree and the birds within!

And yet there were so many people

Who found shelter there

And so many who still shelter there today

Always bowing over us

When the showers fell

A tree’s life spent sleeping outdoors

The tree’s going to fall

Man want to flex his muscles

And his mind is made up

The blade’s already on the bark

And yet there were so many people

Who found shelter there

And so many who still shelter there today

Always bowing over us

When the showers fell

Sleeping outdoors, A tree’s life

The tree’s going to fall

We’re already sharing it out

There’s no need for regrets

It was just a bit of wood

A scrap of forest

Come too close to the houses

And while we were talking

The tree fell once and for all

And yet there were so many people

Who found shelter there

And all those winter nights

When the showers fell

You must have seen pass-by

Processions of the lost and hopeless

Storms, meteors

And all those winter nights

When the showers fell

A tree’s life spent sleeping outdoors

Losing direction

Sleeping outdoors

• Artist:Francis Cabrel
• Album:Samedi soir sur la terre