Pas grandir [English translation]

When you're little, you dream of being a grown-up.

One day I'll be like Dad and Mom,

I'll go to work, I'll have children.

Growing up is a long way away.

They say if I want to make it

I have to be good at school

and you're not shaping your future

in a detention room.

They say school teaches you life,

but nobody ever asked me

if I liked it or not or wanted

to settle in another way.

What should I do if I don't want to grow up?

How should I do if I don't want to grow up?

What should I do if I don't want to grow up?

How should I do if I don't want to grow up?

When you're little you see the big picture1,

like good guys and bad guys in the movies,

and then you learn that things have a price.

It's not in front of screens that you learn about life.

I can see that, when you're a woman

you have to accept everything,

obey to the stronger

and put up with everything.

What I want is lovers, not masters,

coz I don't want to submit myself.

Being a woman is too complicated,

I'd like to keep on dreaming.

What should I do if I don't want to grow up?

How should I do if I don't want to grow up?

What should I do if I don't want to grow up?

How should I do if I don't want to grow up?

...... not growing up

......

You have to be strong and responsible,

not much room left for carefreeness.

Had I known that, I would have taken the time

to linger a bit more in my childhood.

What should I do if I don't want to grow up?

How should I do if I don't want to grow up?

What should I do if I don't want to grow up?

How should I do if I don't want to grow up?

What should I do if I don't want to grow up?

How should I do if I don't want to grow up?

What should I do if I don't want to grow up?

How should I do if I don't want to grow up?

.... how should I do not to ....

grow up?

...... not growing up

...... I don't want to grow up oh ...

...... I don't want to grow up oh ...

1. the idiom is not very clear here. Maybe it's a kind of pun on the literal meaning ("you see things like a grown-up") but that does not really make sense to me either way. Apparently from the context it's supposed to mean "you think everything is clear-cut"

• Artist:Barbara Pravi