Madame X [English translation]

Madame X and her kids

All winter and no heating

Living in a caravan

Not even moving

And yet, as she says,

She's not the most badly off

She knows those who sleep outside around here

When there are all those sports cars in garages

Madame knows full well

Why she looks twice her age

She sleeps with gloves on

Buried in a sleeping bag

And yet, as she says,

She's not the most badly off

She knows those who cling to fences

Hoping that a lorry misses the bend

She says this was an enticing country

This was a country 'comme il faut'

Now she says they take a few snaps of the dying

Instead of giving them water

She doesn't say that accusingly

For the moment anyway...

Madame X and her children

Still no heating

Still no heating

• Artist:Francis Cabrel
• Album:Hors Saison