Lyrics and translation Elton John - Give Peace a Chance

Give Peace a Chance

Laisse une chance à la paix

Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

Écrit par John Lennon et Paul McCartney

Released as a European B-side in August, 1988

Sortie en face B européenne en août 1988

Everybody is talking about blagism

Tout le monde parle de blagisme

Shagism, dragism and madism

Shagism, dragism et madism

Ragism and tagism bob tailing

Ragism et tagism bob tailing

Thisism, thatism, ism, ism, ism

Ce-isme, ça-isme, isme, isme, isme

George Chisolm, yes

George Chisolm, oui

All we are saying

Tout ce que nous disons

Is give peace a chance

C'est de laisser une chance à la paix

All we are saying

Tout ce que nous disons

Is give peace a chance

C'est de laisser une chance à la paix

Everybody's talking about ministers

Tout le monde parle de ministres

Sinisters, banisters, canisters

Sinistres, rampes, bidons

Roger Bannisters, bishops, bishops

Roger Bannisters, évêques, évêques

Bishop Auckland, rabbis, Popeyes, bye-byes

Évêque d'Auckland, rabbins, Popeyes, au revoir

Max Bygraves and everybody else

Max Bygraves et tout le monde

All we are saying

Tout ce que nous disons

Is give peace a chance

C'est de laisser une chance à la paix

All we are saying

Tout ce que nous disons

Is give peace a chance

C'est de laisser une chance à la paix

Everybody's talking about revolution

Tout le monde parle de révolution

Evolution, The Everly Brothers, mastication

Évolution, les Everly Brothers, mastication

Euston Station, fladulation, flatulation

Gare d'Euston, fladulation, flatulation

Regulations, integration, mediation

Règlements, intégration, médiation

United Nations, congratulations

Nations Unies, félicitations

All we are saying

Tout ce que nous disons

Is give peace a chance

C'est de laisser une chance à la paix

All we are saying

Tout ce que nous disons

Is give peace a chance

C'est de laisser une chance à la paix

Everybody in the Soviet Union, unite

Tout le monde en Union soviétique, unissez-vous

Go down to the shops and talk about John and Yoko

Allez dans les magasins et parlez de John et Yoko

Timothy Leary, Barbara Windsor, Yoko Ono, Madonna

Bobby Dylan, Bobby Charlton, Eddie Charlton

Tommy Cooper and the Amazing Horseradish Dancers

Tommy Cooper et les Amazing Horseradish Dancers

Derek Baker, Norman Mailer, Alan Ginsberg and the Hare Krishna Three

Derek Baker, Norman Mailer, Alan Ginsberg et les Hare Krishna Three

All we are saying

Tout ce que nous disons

Is give peace a chance

C'est de laisser une chance à la paix

All we are saying

Tout ce que nous disons

Is give peace a chance

C'est de laisser une chance à la paix

Everybody's talking about gagism, tagism

Tout le monde parle de gagisme, tagisme

Shagism, dragism, madism

Ragism, tagism, botulism, thisism, thatism

Ragism, tagism, botulisme, ce-isme, ça-isme

Listen to this

Écoute ça

Everybody's talking about ministers

Tout le monde parle de ministres

Sinisters, banisters, canisters

Sinistres, rampes, bidons

Bishops, bishops, Bishop's Avenue

Évêques, évêques, Avenue des évêques

Why not talk about Bishop's Avenue

Pourquoi ne pas parler de l'Avenue des évêques

I've got a lovely house on Bishop's Avenue

J'ai une belle maison sur l'Avenue des évêques

Everybody's talking about Popeye, Olive Oyl

Tout le monde parle de Popeye, Olive Oyl

Everybody, everybody, everybody, Mrs. Jean Schnook

Tout le monde, tout le monde, tout le monde, Mme Jean Schnook

Twenty Three Chepstow Villas

Vingt-trois villas Chepstow

Because they are the next contestant on "Make a B-Side"

Parce qu'ils sont le prochain candidat à "Make a B-Side"

All we are saying

Tout ce que nous disons

Is give peace a chance

C'est de laisser une chance à la paix

All we are saying

Tout ce que nous disons

Is give peace a chance

C'est de laisser une chance à la paix

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Writer(s): JOHN LENNON

Album

To Be Continued...

date of release

08-11-1990

1 Made For Me
2 I Swear I Heard The Night Talking
3 Rock and Roll Madonna
4 Island Girl
5 Whenever You're Ready (We'll Go Steady Again)
6 Country Comfort
7 Bad Side of the Moon
8 Screw You (Young Man's Blues)
9 I Feel Like A Bullet (In The Gun Of Robert Ford)
10 Mama Can't Buy You Love
11 Lady Samantha
12 Give Peace a Chance
13 Step Into Christmas
14 Cartier
15 The Retreat
16 You Gotta Love Someone
17 Song For Guy
18 Jack Rabbit
19 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
20 The Bitch Is Back
21 Tiny Dancer
22 Crocodile Rock
23 Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be a Long Long Time)
24 Pinball Wizard
25 Your Song
26 Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me
27 I'm Still Standing
28 Don't Go Breaking My Heart
29 Madman Across The Water
30 Take Me to the Pilot
31 Blue Eyes
32 Nikita
33 Honky Cat
34 Levon
35 Harmony
36 Philadelphia Freedom
37 Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
38 Sad Songs (Say So Much)
39 Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
40 I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That
41 Grey Seal
42 One Day At a Time
43 I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
44 Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)
45 Donner Pour Donner
46 Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
47 Little Jeannie
48 Candle in the Wind
49 Border Song
50 Sacrifice
51 Daniel
52 I Saw Her Standing There
53 All the Girls Love Alice
54 Carla Etude
55 Easier to Walk Away
56 Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding
57 Someone Saved My Life Tonight
58 Bennie and the Jets
59 Fanfare / Chloe
60 It's Me That You Need
61 Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me (Live In Australia) [Single Edit]
62 Candle In the Wind (Live In Australia) [Single Edit]
63 Act of War (Single Mix)
64 Easier to Walk Away (1990 Recording)
65 You Gotta Love Someone (1990 Recording)
66 I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That (12" Shep Pettibone Mix)
67 Carla Etude (Live In Australia)
68 Come Back Baby
69 Friends
70 I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford) [Live]
71 Ego
72 I Saw Her Standing There (Live 1974)
73 Friends

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