Fais comme l'oiseau [English translation]

Act like a bird

It lives on pure air and fresh water, a bird

On a bit of hunting and fishing, a bird

But nothing ever stops it, the bird, of going higher

But I'm alone in the universe

I'm afraid of the sky and of the winter

I'm afraid of madmen and of war

I'm afraid of the time that passes, say

How can we live today

In the fury and in the noise

I don't know, I don't know anymore, I'm lost

Act like a bird

It lives on pure air and fresh water, a bird

On a bit of hunting and fishing, a bird

But nothing ever stops it, the bird, of going higher

But the love that I was told about,

This love that was sung to me

This savior of humanity

I don't see a trace of him, say

How can we live without him?

Under what star, in which country?

I don't believe in him, I don't believe in him anymore, I'm lost

Act like a bird

It lives on pure air and fresh water, a bird

On a bit of hunting and fishing, a bird

But nothing ever stops it, the bird, of going higher

But I'm tired of being rolled over

By the merchants of freedom

And to listen to them lamenting

My face in the ice, say

Should I show my teeth?

Should I surrender?

I don't know, I don't know anymore, I'm lost

Act like a bird

It lives on pure air and fresh water, a bird

On a bit of hunting and fishing, a bird

But nothing ever stops it, the bird, of going higher

• Artist:Michel Fugain