L'heure de la sortie [English translation]

We are a group—

a small troop—

of faithful friends who understand one other.

And we work all evening and morning

to earn our daily bread:

secretaries, seamstresses

and sales staff in department stores.

But, whether a photographer or a model,

we all agree on one point.

Quitting time

all year long—

quitting time

is the best time of the day.

Nonetheless we are

delighted, in a word,

to have found a job that we like—

you mustn't think that all day long,

the only thing we think about is getting out.

But what a pity

to be in a cage

when you can see the sunshine outside

and you have to finish your job first.

You really do have to make an effort.

Quitting time

all year long—

quitting time

is the best time of the day.

Quitting time

all year long—

quitting time

is the best time of the day.

When the hour arrives,

I hear the bell

and I know that on the street-corner down below,

there is a boy who already waits for me,

and who watches the clock like me.

He's the one that I love

always the same—

I still remember

when I went with him

singing in the street: school is out!

Nothing has really changed since then.

Quitting time

all year long—

quitting time

is the best time of the day.

Quitting time

all year long—

quitting time

is the best time of the day.

Quitting time

all year long—

quitting time

is the best time of the day.

Quitting time

all year long—

quitting time

is the best time of the day....

• Artist:Sheila (France)