Lyrics and translation Harry Nilsson - The Town (narration)
The Town (narration)
La Ville (narration)
Years
ago
...
Il
y
a
des
années...
There
was
a
place
called
the
Land
of
Point.
Il
y
avait
un
endroit
appelé
le
Pays
du
Point.
And
that
is
because
everything
in
the
Land
of
Point
had
one.
Et
c'est
parce
que
tout
dans
le
Pays
du
Point
en
avait
un.
The
barns,
the
houses,
the
carts,
everything,
even
the
people.
Les
granges,
les
maisons,
les
charrettes,
tout,
même
les
gens.
Everyone
in
the
Land
of
Point
had
a
point
on
the
top
of
their
head.
Tout
le
monde
dans
le
Pays
du
Point
avait
un
point
sur
le
dessus
de
la
tête.
Everyone,
that
is
...
Tout
le
monde,
c'est-à-dire...
With
the
exception
of
Oblio.
À
l'exception
d'Oblio.
Now,
although
Oblio
was
born
to
a
set
of
normally
pointed
parents
and
although
he
was
born
physically
perfect
in
every
other
respect,
he
was
born
without
a
point.
Maintenant,
bien
qu'Oblio
soit
né
de
parents
normalement
pointus
et
bien
qu'il
soit
né
physiquement
parfait
à
tous
autres
égards,
il
est
né
sans
point.
He
was
round
headed.
Il
avait
la
tête
ronde.
And
as
time
past
Oblio
became
increasingly
aware
of
his
uniqueness
and
so
did
everyone
else,
which
made
life
in
the
Land
of
Point
rather
uncomfortable
for
him
and
his
parents.
Et
au
fil
du
temps,
Oblio
est
devenu
de
plus
en
plus
conscient
de
son
unicité,
et
tout
le
monde
l'a
remarqué,
ce
qui
a
rendu
la
vie
dans
le
Pays
du
Point
assez
inconfortable
pour
lui
et
ses
parents.
You
see,
Oblio
became
sort
of
a
involuntary
celebrity
and
he
was
subject
to
the
sometimes
cruel
and
unusual
harassment
from
his
schoolmates.
Tu
vois,
Oblio
est
devenu
une
sorte
de
célébrité
involontaire
et
il
a
été
victime
du
harcèlement
parfois
cruel
et
inhabituel
de
ses
camarades
de
classe.
It
wasn't
easy
being
the
only
pointless
person
in
the
whole
Land
of
Point.
Ce
n'était
pas
facile
d'être
la
seule
personne
sans
point
dans
tout
le
Pays
du
Point.
And
in
an
effort
to
make
life
easier
his
mother
knitted
a
pointed
cap
for
him
to
wear
...
Et
pour
rendre
la
vie
plus
facile,
sa
mère
lui
a
tricoté
un
bonnet
pointu...
It
was
to
conceal
his
pointless
condition.
C'était
pour
cacher
son
état
sans
point.
But
it
didn't
do
much
good
because
everyone
knew
he
didn't
have
a
point.
Mais
ça
n'a
pas
servi
à
grand-chose
parce
que
tout
le
monde
savait
qu'il
n'avait
pas
de
point.
So
it
only
managed
to
make
Oblio
a
little
lonelier.
Alors
ça
n'a
fait
que
rendre
Oblio
un
peu
plus
solitaire.
In
fact,
the
only
real
friend
that
he
had
was
his
dog
- Arrow.
En
fait,
son
seul
véritable
ami
était
son
chien
- Arrow.
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