À la campagne [English translation]

On the countryside,

There's always something to do,

Mushroom picking,

Wood chopping, getting fresh air,

On the counrtyside

We don't care about schedule

As the houses called the same,

It's secondary.

On the countryside

There's always something to see,

Boars, hedgehogs,

Old men on tractors,

On the countryside,

There are places charged with history

Broken castles

and century-old trees

On the countryside

When you're a townfolk

On the countryside

You ask to the peasant

What would the weather be like tomorrow

On the countryside

We want authentic things

Chimney fire

and regional products

On the countryside

We need rustic

A piece of furniture that isn't made of wood

Would ruin our mood

On the countryside

We say we should stay

Leave Paris, the noise,

The stress and the pollution

On the countryside

It's a cliché-party

The quality of life

And the rythm of seasons

On the countryside

We lend sweaters to each other

When we stay late on the deck

On the countryside

There are board games

To which game pieces are missing

On the countryside

At night we close the shutters

There are noises in the house

And outside there are the woods

On the countryside

In my bed, instead of dreaming,

I prefer not to sleep and freak out

On the countryside

On general they wake up early

Not me, I'm still sleeping

For the reasons you know

In the mountains

There are cottages and chamois

But it's not the subject

Of this song....

I was just checking if you were following me

On the countryside

When sunday night arrives

On the countryside

To avoid the traffic

We won't go home to late

On the countryside

I want to be a rustic

Wear a big moustache

And a velvet jacket

On the countryside

I want to talk about terroir

"I’m off to hoop the calanchet

so that it’s not windy

while I’m plowing"

It makes me want

To be tough and silent

The gruff patriarch

Of a summer TV-show on France 2 [French national television channel]

The story of a family

Fighting for it's their estate

But I never have time for that

Because I only stay [on the countryside] during the week end

On the countryside

Can you hear in the distance the tweets

Of the ashy thrush ? [Made up bird's name]

On the countryside

If the Christmas is snowy,

I'll put the little ones in the stable...

• Artist:Bénabar
• Album:Infréquentable (2008)