Текст и перевод песни Il Etait Une Fois - Je n'ose pas lui dire bonjour (Remasterisé en 2004)

Je n'ose pas lui dire bonjour (Remasterisé en 2004)

Seul au fond d′un verre qui n'a plus que l′odeur du scotch
En costume de scène avec toujours rien dans les poches
Le type voudrait bien avoir l'air de ce qu'il était
Je n′ose pas le reconnaître
C′est un peu bête
C'est pourtant bien grâce à lui, si je chante aujourd′hui
Je collectionnais ses photos quand j'étais petit
J′avais tout ses disques, je l'imitais devant ma glace
Et si c′est vraiment lui c'est dégueulasse
Je n'ose pas lui dire bonjour
Parler d′hier, payer son verre
Lui mentir qu′on oublie pas vraiment les gens
Qui ont su si bien nous chanter l'amour
Je n′ose pas lui dire bonjour
Mais ne rien dire serait encore pire
Et si j'ai peur c′est de trop lui ressembler
Et de me retrouver demain
Comme lui, comme lui, comme lui
Les autres ont depuis découverts de nouvelles musiques
De jolies chanteuses et des idoles plus sympathiques
Il a pas su s'adapter aux guitares électriques
Et il n′a jamais compris que c'était fini
Y a quelques histoires sur lui qui font rire le métier
Mais y a pas un seul "coco" pour vouloir l'engager
On lui dit bonjour de loin, faut pas trop se mouiller
Des fois qu′un jour ou l′autre, on ne sait jamais
Je n'ose pas lui dire bonjour
Parler d′hier, payer son verre
Lui mentir qu'on oublie pas vraiment les gens
Qui ont su si bien nous chanter l′amour
Je n'ose pas lui dire bonjour
Mais ne rien dire serait encore pire
Et si j′ai peur c'est de trop lui ressembler
Et de me retrouver demain
Comme lui, comme lui, comme lui

I Can't Bring Myself to Say Hello (Remastered 2004)

Alone at the bottom of a glass that smells only of Scotch
In a stage costume with nothing in his pockets
The guy would like to pretend he's still who he was
I don't dare recognize him
It's a bit silly
Yet it's thanks to him that I sing today
I collected his photos when I was a kid
I had all his records, I imitated him in front of my mirror
And if it's really him it's disgusting
I can't bring myself to say hello
Talk about yesterday, pay for his drink
Lie to him and say we don't forget people
Who have been able to sing us love so well
I can't bring myself to say hello
But saying nothing would be even worse
And if I'm afraid it's because I resemble him too much
And I'll find myself tomorrow
Like him, like him, like him
Others have since discovered new music
Pretty singers and more likeable idols
He didn't know how to adapt to electric guitars
And he never understood that it was over
There are a few stories about him that make the profession laugh
But there's not a single "buddy" who wants to hire him
We say hello to him from afar, not to get too involved
In case one day or another, you never know
I can't bring myself to say hello
Talk about yesterday, pay for his drink
Lie to him and say we don't forget people
Who have been able to sing us love so well
I can't bring myself to say hello
But saying nothing would be even worse
And if I'm afraid it's because I resemble him too much
And I'll find myself tomorrow
Like him, like him, like him