Paresseuse [English translation]

. Certain mornings she muses about how to spend her time

. (She) imagines what she has to do, says yes and then no

. She procrastinates (delays)

. Slowly she slips from the coffee-table at the window

. She would like to hear a record, but it needs putting on (the record player)

. And nothing is urgent

. Misses is lazy in Paris

. She drags out, she wanders

. Her highness caresses the (present) day

. The idea of going to the swimming pool

. She goes out in the street, it's 4pm, she walks slowly

. Sits down on a bench to find out the longest route

. The slowest vehicle

. The underground/tube, why not, but there is no strike going on this moment

. And as to the bus, he is too early to get blocked in the traffic-jams

. So what good is it

. The vehicle she prefers is the swing

. You move forwards to backwards, while getting late

. She makes a detour along the square

. It's closing time when she arrives at the box office

. She is angry with herself for just not making it, by only a few minutes

. If just a little more (i.e. if she was a little later) she could go home

. You shouldn't take chances, so tomorrow, she promises

. To assess the distances better, so as to be really sure

. To arrive too late

. Without letting anything over to chance.

• Artist:Bénabar
• Album:Les risques du métier (2003)