Lyrics and translation The Jam - Carnation
If
you
gave
me
a
fresh
carnation
Si
tu
me
donnais
un
œillet
frais
I
would
only
crush
its
tender
petals
Je
ne
ferais
que
broyer
ses
pétales
tendres
With
me
you′ll
have
no
escape
Avec
moi,
tu
n'auras
aucune
échappatoire
And
at
the
same
time
there'll
be
nowhere
to
settle
-
Et
en
même
temps,
il
n'y
aura
nulle
part
où
s'installer
-
I
trample
down
all
life
in
my
wake
Je
piétine
toute
vie
sur
mon
passage
I
eat
it
up
and
take
the
cake
Je
la
dévore
et
prends
le
gâteau
I
just
avert
my
eyes
to
the
pain
Je
détourne
simplement
les
yeux
de
la
douleur
Of
someone′s
loss
helping
my
gain
De
la
perte
de
quelqu'un
qui
aide
mon
gain
If
you
gave
me
a
dream
for
my
pocket
Si
tu
me
donnais
un
rêve
pour
ma
poche
You'd
be
plugging
in
the
wrong
socket
Tu
brancherais
la
mauvaise
prise
With
me
there's
no
room
for
the
future
Avec
moi,
il
n'y
a
pas
de
place
pour
l'avenir
With
me
there′s
no
room
with
a
view
at
all
-
Avec
moi,
il
n'y
a
pas
de
place
avec
une
vue
du
tout
-
I
am
out
of
season
all
year
′round
Je
suis
hors
saison
toute
l'année
Hear
machinery
roar
to
my
empty
sound
J'entends
la
machinerie
rugir
pour
mon
son
vide
Touch
my
heart
and
feel
winter
Touche
mon
cœur
et
sens
l'hiver
Hold
my
hand
and
be
doomed
forever
-
Prends
ma
main
et
sois
condamné
à
jamais
-
If
you
gave
me
a
fresh
carnation
Si
tu
me
donnais
un
œillet
frais
I
would
only
crush
its
tender
petals
Je
ne
ferais
que
broyer
ses
pétales
tendres
With
me
you'll
have
no
escape
Avec
moi,
tu
n'auras
aucune
échappatoire
And
at
the
same
time
there′ll
be
nowhere
to
settle.
Et
en
même
temps,
il
n'y
aura
nulle
part
où
s'installer.
And
if
you're
wondering
by
now
who
I
am
Et
si
tu
te
demandes
maintenant
qui
je
suis
Look
no
further
than
the
mirror
-
Ne
cherche
pas
plus
loin
que
le
miroir
-
Because
I
am
the
Greed
and
Fear
Parce
que
je
suis
l'Avarice
et
la
Peur
And
every
ounce
of
Hate
in
you.
Et
chaque
once
de
Haine
en
toi.
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1
Aunties and Uncles (Impulsive Youths)
2 Sounds from the Street (Remixed Demo Version)
3 In the City (Remixed Demo Version)
4 Worlds Apart (Remixed Demo Version)
5 Carnaby Street
6 Innocent Man
7 The Night
8 In The City
9 Funeral Pyre - Original Mix
10 Man In The Corner Shop
11 Scrape Away
12 Dream Time
13 That's Entertainment
14 Set The House Ablaze
15 But I'm Different Now
16 Monday
17 Pretty Green
18 Running On The Spot
19 Liza Radley
20 Start!
21 The Dreams Of Children
22 Going Underground
23 Heatwave
24 Saturday's Kids
25 Burning Sky
26 Wasteland
27 Boy About Town
28 Disguises
29 Trans-Global Express
30 Just Who Is The 5 O'Clock Hero?
31 Absolute Beginners
32 Tales From the Riverbank
33 Town Called Malice
34 Stoned Out Of My Mind
35 Ghosts
36 Move On Up
37 Shopping
38 Beat Surrender
39 Happy Together
40 Pity Poor Alfie / Fever
41 Precious (Extended Version)
42 The Gift
43 Private Hell
44 Thick As Thieves
45 Girl On The Phone
46 London Girl
47 In The Street Today
48 Don't Tell Them You're Sane
49 The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)
50 Little Boy Soldiers
51 The Combine
52 Life From A Window
53 Standards
54 London Traffic
55 The Great Depression
56 The Modern World (Single Version)
57 All Around the World
58 Here Comes The Weekend
59 I Need You (For Someone)
60 Bricks And Mortar
61 Non-Stop Dancing
62 Carnation
63 In The Midnight Hour
64 See-Saw
65 The Eton Rifles
66 Sounds From The Street
67 Batman Theme
68 The Planner's Dream Goes Wrong
69 Away From The Numbers
70 I Got By In Time
71 Smithers-Jones
72 When You're Young
73 Slow Down
74 The Butterfly Collector
75 I've Changed My Address
76 Strange Town
77 The Place I Love
78 Fly
79 It's Too Bad
80 Tonight At Noon
81 Billy Hunt
82 Art School
83 Takin' My Love
84 English Rose
85 Mr. Clean
86 To Be Someone (Didn't We Have A Nice Time)
87 Time For Truth
88 All Mod Cons
89 So Sad About Us
90 Down In The Tube Station At Midnight - Full Version
91 'A' Bomb In Wardour Street
92 David Watts
93 News Of The World
94 In The Crowd - Full Version
95 Music For The Last Couple
96 So Sad About Us (Remixed Demo Version)
97 Time for Truth (Remixed Demo Version)
98 War (Second Version)
99 Circus - Instrumental Version
100 Billy Hunt (Remixed Alternate Version)
2 Sounds from the Street (Remixed Demo Version)
3 In the City (Remixed Demo Version)
4 Worlds Apart (Remixed Demo Version)
5 Carnaby Street
6 Innocent Man
7 The Night
8 In The City
9 Funeral Pyre - Original Mix
10 Man In The Corner Shop
11 Scrape Away
12 Dream Time
13 That's Entertainment
14 Set The House Ablaze
15 But I'm Different Now
16 Monday
17 Pretty Green
18 Running On The Spot
19 Liza Radley
20 Start!
21 The Dreams Of Children
22 Going Underground
23 Heatwave
24 Saturday's Kids
25 Burning Sky
26 Wasteland
27 Boy About Town
28 Disguises
29 Trans-Global Express
30 Just Who Is The 5 O'Clock Hero?
31 Absolute Beginners
32 Tales From the Riverbank
33 Town Called Malice
34 Stoned Out Of My Mind
35 Ghosts
36 Move On Up
37 Shopping
38 Beat Surrender
39 Happy Together
40 Pity Poor Alfie / Fever
41 Precious (Extended Version)
42 The Gift
43 Private Hell
44 Thick As Thieves
45 Girl On The Phone
46 London Girl
47 In The Street Today
48 Don't Tell Them You're Sane
49 The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)
50 Little Boy Soldiers
51 The Combine
52 Life From A Window
53 Standards
54 London Traffic
55 The Great Depression
56 The Modern World (Single Version)
57 All Around the World
58 Here Comes The Weekend
59 I Need You (For Someone)
60 Bricks And Mortar
61 Non-Stop Dancing
62 Carnation
63 In The Midnight Hour
64 See-Saw
65 The Eton Rifles
66 Sounds From The Street
67 Batman Theme
68 The Planner's Dream Goes Wrong
69 Away From The Numbers
70 I Got By In Time
71 Smithers-Jones
72 When You're Young
73 Slow Down
74 The Butterfly Collector
75 I've Changed My Address
76 Strange Town
77 The Place I Love
78 Fly
79 It's Too Bad
80 Tonight At Noon
81 Billy Hunt
82 Art School
83 Takin' My Love
84 English Rose
85 Mr. Clean
86 To Be Someone (Didn't We Have A Nice Time)
87 Time For Truth
88 All Mod Cons
89 So Sad About Us
90 Down In The Tube Station At Midnight - Full Version
91 'A' Bomb In Wardour Street
92 David Watts
93 News Of The World
94 In The Crowd - Full Version
95 Music For The Last Couple
96 So Sad About Us (Remixed Demo Version)
97 Time for Truth (Remixed Demo Version)
98 War (Second Version)
99 Circus - Instrumental Version
100 Billy Hunt (Remixed Alternate Version)
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