We don't change
We just put on other people's costumes
We don't change
A jacket only hides a little of what we see
We don't grow up
We just grow a little, just barely
The time of a dream, a reverie
And touch them with a finger

But we don't forget
The child who remains, almost naked
The moments of innocence
When we didn't know

We don't change
We adopt airs and combat poses
We don't change
We pretend, we believe
That we are making choices
But if you scratch there
Close to the surface trembles
A little one who resembles us
We know well that he is there
We hear him sometimes
His insolent refrain
That insists and repeats
Oh don't leave me

We never forget
We always have a gesture
That betrays who we are
A prince, a valet
Under the crown a look
An arrogance, a trait
Of a prince or a valet
I know this so well
I copied images
And dreams that I had
All those thousands of dreams
But so close to me
A skinny little girl
Walks in Charlemagne, worried
And speaks to me softly

We don't change, we just put on
Other people's costumes and there you go
We don't change, we only hide
A moment of ourselves

A little girl
Ungrateful and lonely walks
And dreams in the snow
Forgetting the cold

If I put makeup on her
She disappears a little
The time to watch me do it
And mock me

A little girl
A very little girl
A very little girl
A very little girl, oh yeah

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