Ma vie pour rien [English translation]

My dad, he was an engineer

My mom didn't have a career1

It was a simple, tranquil life2

And back then, I was a nice kid3

But when, on that day, I met you

And oh, so far gone is that day

I just wanted to live my life4

But I lost it all for nothing 5

All those days I spent loving you

Are nothing but the prison walls

That took eighteen years of my life

In exchange for barely nothing6

I played love, heads or tails

And the others came out winners7

My mom is old, my dad is dead

Never did you really exist8

No more money, no more friends9

Even lost my guitar gambling10

Only rotten luck following me11

And the two of us like lovers12

I spent all my life in a train

Following the sun's direction13

But restlessly does the rain fall

Boringly alike are my days14

1. lit. "My mother did nothing"2. lit. "It was a little tranquil life"3. lit. "And I, I was a good boy"4. lit. "I, I started wanted to live my life"5. lit. "And I lost my life for nothing"6. lit. "The days of my love for you / Are the prison walls / where I left my 18 years / in exchange for almost nothing"7. lit. "And the others won everything"8. lit. "And you never existed"9. lit. "I have no more money, no more friends"10. implied "I lost"11. lit. "And bad luck follows me"12. lit. "We are like two lovers"13. lit. "I spend my life in a train / always driving towards the sun"14. lit. "And my hours are all alike"

• Artist:Nino Ferrer
• Album:Le Téléfon