Translation of Je Vis Caché from French to English
Far from the spotlights, far from the TVs
And the idiot hosts
All those degenerate morons
Dressed and groomed like pimps
Far from the newspapers and radios
From conformist interviews
By zombie idiots
A bit dumb, often frauds
Far from the sometimes obscene questions
Ridiculous or even nasty
From the losers of the FM band
Kings of outdated music
To live happily, I live hidden
At the back of my peaceful bar
In the dim light
Far from this world of chatterboxes
Far from the clubs, the trendy parties
The jet-set and showbiz
The cocaine-addicted bimbos
And the drifting pretty boys
Far from the premieres where all of Paris
Comes to pose without any scruples
For a few poor paparazzi
Who love to shoot the nobodies
Far from the cocktails, the dinners
The idiotic social events
Among starlets of a single summer
With IQs bordering on the moronic
To live happily, I live hidden
At the back of my peaceful bar
With my buddies, the real ones
Far from this world of partygoers
Far from the meetings, the gatherings
The street protests
I listen to the anger that falls
On our corrupt leaders
But moving my ass, getting involved
You won't catch me doing that tomorrow
Except maybe for José Bové
Who else could I ever love?
I dream of a more humane world
And I let this arm speak
Petitions are rather good
But you won't see my name on them anymore
To live happily, I live hidden
At the back of my peaceful bar
Taciturn, disillusioned
Far from this world of barbarians
Far from the pathetic conversations
About the over-manufactured charms
Of some improbable teenagers
In a televised loft
Very far from the academic stars
And the pop stars of my ass
Who are to music
What the devil is to the good lord
I won't take a few sticks
To serve the soup to these idiots
The TVs take you for fools
I won't sing for these jerks
To live happily, I live hidden
At the back of my peaceful bar
In the dim light
Far from this world of losers
To live happily, I live hidden
At the back of my peaceful bar
In the dim light
Far from this world of losers
Of losers
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