Moi j'ai rien dit [English translation]

When she came in our parts

to settle in the country

people soon started to gossip

though they had no idea who she was.

She was an otherwordly woman,

a kind of high-flying angel.

But the people from the plains

saw just the alien in her.

Still, I kept quiet

Still, I kept quiet

"She's a witch, an enchanter,

she should be exorcised.

She'd better stay in line"

said the old women in front of the church.

"She bought a new house,

so she must have quite the money.

She must be a phoney widow,

a gold digger."

Still, I kept quiet

Still, I kept quiet

Every morning she went

and did her shopping.

Nothing in her attitude

was scandalous nor provocative.

Still a few men from the village

as she walked by two days ago

called her by her first name

with rude, cruel laughs.

Still, I kept quiet

Still, I kept quiet

This happened on a saturday before noon,

but the same evening, the two most

inhebriated of the gang shouted

and decided to pay her a visit.

They tried to break into her house.

The unfortunate woman locked herself in.

They brought a ladder

and set their shutters on fire.

Still, I kept quiet

Still, I kept quiet

But when I heard her voice

calling "help me! They'll kill me!"

I suddenly ended up

with a gun in my hand.

They all reckoned the two guys

had died in the fire.

Since I was the only witness,

they asked for my advice.

Still, I kept quiet

Still, I kept quiet

Nothing has been the same around here

since this unfortunate event.

It will be a month of sundays

before a swallow makes a summer again.

As she left the village,

she cast a long glance at me,

that looked like a "thank you",

or maybe a "we'll meet again".

Still, I kept quiet

Still, I kept quiet

Still, I kept quiet

Still, I kept quiet

I kept quiet

I kept quiet

I kept quiet

I kept quiet

• Artist:Pierre Bachelet
• Album:Découvrir L'Amérique (1983)