Billy Bragg - Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards - translation of the lyrics into French




Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
En Attendant Le Grand Bond En Avant
It may have been Camelot for Jack and Jacqueline
C'était peut-être Camelot pour Jack et Jacqueline
But on the Che Guevara highway filling up with gasoline
Mais sur la route de Che Guevara, en faisant le plein d'essence
Fidel Castro's brother spies a rich lady who's crying
Le frère de Fidel Castro aperçoit une riche dame qui pleure
Over luxury's disappointment so he walks over and he's trying
Sur la déception du luxe, alors il s'approche et essaie
To sympathise with her, but he thinks that he should warn her
De sympathiser avec elle, mais il pense qu'il devrait la prévenir
That the Third World is just around the corner
Que le Tiers-Monde est juste au coin de la rue
In the Soviet Union, a scientist is blinded
En Union soviétique, un scientifique est aveuglé
By the resumption of nuclear testing and he is reminded
Par la reprise des essais nucléaires et il est rappelé
That Dr Robert Oppenheimer's optimism fell
Que l'optimisme du Dr Robert Oppenheimer a échoué
At the first hurdle
Au premier obstacle
In the Cheese Pavilion and the only noise I hear
Dans le pavillon du fromage, et le seul bruit que j'entends
Is the sound of someone stacking chairs and mopping up spilt beer
C'est le son de quelqu'un qui empile des chaises et essuie la bière renversée
And someone asking questions and basking in the light
Et quelqu'un qui pose des questions et se prélasse dans la lumière
Of the 15 fame-filled minutes of the fanzine writer
Des 15 minutes de gloire du fanzine writer
Mixing pop and politics, he asks me, what the use is?
Mêlant pop et politique, il me demande, à quoi ça sert ?
I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses
Je lui offre l'embarras et mes excuses habituelles
While looking down the corridor out to where the van is waiting
En regardant le long du couloir vers l'endroit la camionnette attend
I'm looking for the Great Leap Forwards
Je cherche le Grand Bond En Avant
Jumbo sales are organised and pamphlets have been posted
Des ventes de masse sont organisées et des brochures ont été affichées
Even after closing time there's still parties to be hosted
Même après la fermeture, il y a encore des fêtes à organiser
You can be active with the activists or sleep in with the sleepers
Tu peux être actif avec les militants ou dormir avec les dormeurs
While you're waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
Pendant que tu attends le Grand Bond En Avant
One leap forward, two leaps back
Un pas en avant, deux pas en arrière
Will politics get me the sack?
La politique va-t-elle me faire perdre mon travail ?
Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
En attendant le Grand Bond En Avant
Well, here comes the future and you can't run from it
Eh bien, voici l'avenir et tu ne peux pas t'enfuir
If you've got a blacklist I want to be on it
Si tu as une liste noire, je veux y figurer
Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
En attendant le Grand Bond En Avant
It's a mighty long way down rock 'n roll
C'est un long chemin depuis le rock 'n roll
From Top of the Pops to drawing the dole
De Top of the Pops à toucher le chômage
Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
En attendant le Grand Bond En Avant
If no one seems to understand
Si personne ne semble comprendre
You, start your own revolution and cut out the middleman
Toi, lance ta propre révolution et supprime l'intermédiaire
Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
En attendant le Grand Bond En Avant
In a perfect world we'd all sing in tune
Dans un monde parfait, nous chanterions tous en harmonie
But this is reality so give me some room
Mais c'est la réalité, alors laisse-moi un peu d'espace
Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
En attendant le Grand Bond En Avant
So join the struggle while you may
Alors rejoins la lutte tant que tu le peux
The Revolution is just a T-shirt away
La Révolution est juste un T-shirt
Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
En attendant le Grand Bond En Avant
Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
En attendant le Grand Bond En Avant
Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
En attendant le Grand Bond En Avant
Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
En attendant le Grand Bond En Avant
Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
En attendant le Grand Bond En Avant
Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
En attendant le Grand Bond En Avant
Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
En attendant le Grand Bond En Avant
Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
En attendant le Grand Bond En Avant
Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
En attendant le Grand Bond En Avant
Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
En attendant le Grand Bond En Avant





Writer(s): Billy Bragg

Billy Bragg - Billy Bragg, Vol. 2
Album
Billy Bragg, Vol. 2
date of release
09-10-2006

1 Piccadilly Rambler
2 This Gulf Between Us
3 Raglan Road (Live)
4 Must I Paint You a Picture (Extended Version)
5 Reason to Believe (Live)
6 Bad Penny (Demo)
7 Little Time Bomb (Alternate Version)
8 The Short Answer (Alternate Version)
9 She's Got a New Spell (Alternate Version)
10 That's Entertainment
11 Love Has No Pride
12 The Price I Pay (Demo)
13 The Only One (Demo)
14 Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
15 The Short Answer
16 The Only One
17 Life with the Lions
18 Valentine's Day Is Over
19 Rotting on Remand
20 Little Time Bomb
21 The Price I Pay
22 Tender Comrade
23 Must I Paint You a Picture
24 Accident Waiting To Happen
25 Moving The Goalposts
26 Everywhere
27 Cindy Of A Thousand Lives
28 Revolution
29 The Few - Demo
30 Cindy of a Thousand Lives - Demo
31 Bread & Circuses
32 Trust - Demo
33 Everywhere - Alternate Version
34 She Smiled Sweetly
35 Mansion on the Hill
36 England, Half English
37 NPWA
38 Some Days I See the Point
39 Baby Faroukh
40 Take Down the Union Jack
41 Another Kind of Judy
42 He'll Go Down
43 Dreadbelly
44 Tears of My Tracks
45 Billericay Dickie
46 Glad and Sorry
47 He'll Go Down - Demo
48 Yarra Song
49 You Pulled the Carpet Out
50 Mystery Shoes
51 Tears of My Tracks - Demo
52 Take Down the Union Jack - Band Version
53 England, Half English - 7" Remix
54 12345678
55 Dry Bed - Band Version
56 Danny Rose
57 Distant Shore
58 Jane Allen
59 St. Monday
60 All Fall Down
61 From Red To Blue
62 Upfield
63 Everybody Loves You Babe
64 Sugardaddy
65 A Pict Song
66 Brickbat
67 The Space Race Is Over
68 Northern Industrial Town
69 The Fourteenth Of February
70 King James (Alternative Version)
71 Goalhanger
72 As Long as You Hold Me (Demo)
73 Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet? (Demo)
74 Sugar Daddy (Demo)
75 The Space Race Is Over (Demo)
76 Goalhanger (Demo)
77 Upfield (Demo)
78 The Fourteenth of February (Demo)
79 Qualifications
80 Never Had No One Ever
81 Thatcherites
82 She's Got a New Spell
83 Just One Victory - Alternate Version
84 Sexuality - Demo
85 North Sea Bubble - Demo
86 Party of God
87 Mbh
88 Body Of Water
89 Rumours Of War
90 North Sea Bubble
91 Dolphins
92 Tank Park Salute
93 Mother Of The Bride
94 Sexuality
95 The Few
96 God’s Footballer
97 Trust
98 You Woke Up My Neighbourhood
99 Wish You Were Her
100 Tighten Up Your Wig

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