Je fais passer [English translation]

I put people first coming out of the shelves

On my treadmill** and I give out the bill

I put people first, I won’t do that all my life

It’s just while I wait for luck to smile at me

I put people first I say “hello” and “thank you”

We often talk about nothing in particular, about the rain

I put people first I’m in charge of the trolleys

I need to be careful to do as I’ve been told

And time goes by, goes by, goes by, goes by, me, I put people first

And my life passes, my desires fade away to the rhythm of the treadmill

There are days it eats me silently

But I try to keep pace and stay ahead

I put people first till it’s half past seven

It whiles away the time and whiles away the boredom

I put people first and when I’m done

I pass on the money into the system

And when I’m done I put my dreams first

There’s already been quite a lot that are piled up and dying off

In the white plastic bags of the big supermarkets

Where I pass by the people who I put first

And time goes by, goes by, goes by, goes by, me, I put people first

And my life passes, my desires fade away to the rhythm of the treadmill

There are days it eats me silently

But I try to keep pace and stay ahead

In the evening when I’m not doing anything I feel hungry

I get rid of my hunger with spaghetti

And then I get over my misery, I’m not ashamed to admit it

Watching the misery of others on TV

I put people first, me

I put people first, I’m a part-time cashier

And time goes by, goes by, goes by, goes by, me, I put people first

And my life passes, my desires fade away to the rhythm of the treadmill

There are days it eats me silently

But I try to keep pace and stay ahead

And time goes by

And the world, it passes away

And the people pass by, pass by, pass by

And everyone passes by

There are days when it eats me silently

But I try to keep pace and stay ahead

• Artist:Claudio Capéo