Madame X [English translation]

Madam X and her children

All winter without any heating

A caravan for travellers

But not even travelling

And yet as she says

She’s not the worst off

She knows some who sleep outdoors

In the area

While there are all these sports cars

In the garages

Madam - who knows how

Does twice as much as her age

She sleeps with gloves

At the bottom of a sleeping bag

And yet as she says

She’s not the worst off

She know some who stay

Hanging on the fence

Hoping that a lorry

Misses the bend

It was a charming country

It was a country as it should be

She says, she says now

Now we take

A few photos of the dying

Instead of giving them water

She doesn’t say that spitefully

For now…

Madam X and her children

Still no heating

Still no heating

• Artist:Francis Cabrel
• Album:Hors Saison