Vitrier [English translation]

His hands were dirty and his body tired

from hauling (things) from door to door

from bawling with too loud a voice,

loud enough to shatter glass.

Icy wind and petty rain,

while the middle class girl reads

a book about human condition,

he prowls under her windows,

thinking maybe that's it, bawling with all his heart:

Glazier, glazier,

wearing his regulation overalls.

Glazier, glazier,

with his askew cap,

the old man was so handsome.

Glazier, glazier,

(being a) craftsman, (a) worker,

that's what made him proud.

That's what made him proud.

He worked with all his heart

to prevent glass from sucking up the heating1.

Then one day, along with modernity

the sweet glass left him in the lurch2

His nice bird-prole song was not heard anymore.

Glazier, glazier,

wearing his regulation overalls.

Glazier, glazier,

with his askew cap,

the old man was so handsome.

Glazier, glazier,

(being a) craftsman, (a) worker,

that's what made him proud.

That's what made him proud.

He put his overalls in a closet,

he doesn't set a foot on the sidewalk anymore.

Now his bones are brittle like glass.

He hopes proles will have something to do up there.

He'll fix the Good Lord's window with his wings

tied to his overalls

The poor old geezer is ranting every day

At night he talks about fixing satained glass and singing in heavens

Glazier, glazier,

wearing his regulation overalls.

Glazier, glazier,

with his askew cap,

the old man was so handsome.

Glazier, glazier,

(being a) craftsman, (a) worker,

that's what made him proud.

That's what made him proud.

1. the French is barely understandable. Something about insulation, I suppose2. some pun on "sur le carreau" (in the lurch) while "carreau" can mean (window)pane

• Artist:Olivia Ruiz
• Album:La femme chocolat (2005)