Banlieue [English translation]
Banlieue [English translation]
In my suburban neighbourhood
There was plenty of action, when we were snotty
We played hide and seek on the neighbour's lawns
I stayed hidden quite a long time
In the hedge with miss Chartrand
When the weather was bad
There was Guilbeault's basement, we would play Coleco
We young guys went crazy for G.I. Joe's
And for Lavallée's sister, because she had big ones
And when the sun came out from behind the clouds
The whole neighbourhood came alive
You could hear the slap-shots on garage doors
And Lepage's mother screaming
The neighbourhood scattered
We got older, we made new friends
There were our first girlfriends, but they weren't too steady
Dede was the first to get his license
In his Volkswagen
We listened to Led Zeppelin
With our whole life ahead of us
But one damn evening towards the end of spring
Dede killed himself after a party
He fell asleep at the wheel
I will always remember that night
The Canadiens had just won the Stanley Cup
After his death we all sunk pretty low
I dropped out of Cégep in January
You arrived at the right time
You came out of nowhere
Like a flower that grows out of cement
And beneath the orange spotlights in Champigny Park
Was where we had our first great kiss
I think it was the best day of my life
I bought you lunch at Kentucky after
I drove you home with my chest puffed out
Damn I slept well that night
There were good times
But it seems happiness only lasts a short while
Because once, when I showed up at your place
I left like a boxer who had just taken a hit
Sitting on the picnic table
You told me you'd had enough, that you even had a new crush
I walked away without looking back
In your driveway I tried not to cry
It's as if you had taken a pair of cutters
And had cut through the rope of my heart
I wasted away for a couple of weeks
A guy needs to swallow his pain
Autumn returned through the back door
In my suburb the night is beautiful and there's hope
The full moon reflects like a mirror
On the water of the above-ground pools
Lay la lay ...
- Artist:Les Cowboys fringants
- Album:Motel Capri (2000)