Lyrics and translation Les Cowboys Fringants - Le Quai De Berthier

Le Quai De Berthier

Ti-cul, yavait une cabane dans ma cour
On jouait l tou jours
Pis dins carcasses de chars
On tait toujours dehors
Nos mres nous habillaient en fluo
On jouait guerre en bottes deau
Toutles gars sappelaient Joe
Pis quand y faisait beau
On jouait au hockey lautbord dla butte
A jouait dur mais pas comme des brutes
On avait des buts en poche de jute
Quand jgoalais jtais Mike Liut
Jme promenais en BMX lt
Jtais fier quisoit bien quip
On faisait dla trail dins sentiers
Pis Ti-Louis mdisait...
Viens faire un tour sul quai
Les gars attendent aprs toi
Jai du coke pis des peanuts
On va spcher une barbotte
On rira de Guy Dubuc
Parce quy a une face de Lucky Luke
Dis ton pre qutu vas veiller
Avec nous autres, sul quai de Berthier...
Jai fini par devnir un ado
Javais une ptite couette dans ldos
Mo pis mon chum Ti-Louis
Ctait comme dans Degrassi
Ma moustache, poussait pas ben vite
Jnai pas eu une tu-suite
On allait au 14-18
Boy Georges ctait lgros hit
Cest l, que dans cour arrire
On a bu nos premires bires
Ctait drle, on savait pas boire
On tait pas beaux voir
Ya eu, les premiers slows colls
Les premiers baisers
Pis mon premier cur bris
Comme rconfort Ti-Louis mas dit:
Viens faire un tour sul quai
Les gars sennuient dtoi
Amne ta ligne pis tes appts
Mme si dans lfond on lsait qua mord pas
Le St-Laurent est tranquille
Ya du brouillard sles
Viens tasseoir on va jaser
To pis mo, sul quai de Berthier...
Aujourdhui, chu dmnag
Jfais ma vie Malbaie
Jpense de temps en temps
Quand javais 10-12 ans
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Le Quai De Berthier

Sugar Plum, there was a shack in my yard
We played all the time
And in car carcasses
We were always outside
Our mothers dressed us in neon
We played war in rain boots
All the guys called themselves Joe
And when the weather was nice
We played hockey on the side of the hill
We played hard but not like bullies
We had goals in burlap sacks
When I was goalie I was Mike Liut
I rode my BMX there
I was proud of being well equipped
We made trails in the paths
And Little Louis said to me...
Come for a ride on the dock
The guys are waiting for you
I have cola and peanuts
We're going to catch a catfish
We'll laugh at Guy Dubuc
Because he has a face like Lucky Luke
Tell your dad that you're going to stay out late
With us, on the Berthier dock...
I ended up becoming a teenager
I had a little ponytail in my back
Me and my buddy Little Louis
It was like in Degrassi
My mustache didn't grow very fast
I didn't have a hair lip
We went to the 14-18
Boy George was the big hit
It was there, in the backyard
That we drank our first beers
It was funny, we didn't know how to drink
We weren't pretty to watch
There were the first slow dances
The first kisses
And my first heartbreak
As comfort Little Louis said to me:
Come for a ride on the dock
The guys miss you
Bring your line and your bait
Even if we know deep down that nothing bites
The St. Lawrence is calm
There is fog on the islands
Come sit down, we'll chat
You and me, on the Berthier dock...
Today, I have moved
I live in Malbaie
I think from time to time
When I was 10-12 years old
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