Karen [English translation]

Karen is twenty years old

Yes, but she has nothing but her age

And already time is slipping through her fingers

Leaning on the bar, on Martyr Street

At the 82

Karen makes up a list

She'd like a better life

Than those of her brothers and sisters

Who simply got in line

Karen says that Paris is big

That another life is waiting for her

She says she won't let herself be bought

So Karen bets on the red

Of her lips and she moves

She says she's worth more than that

Karen doesn't care

She's free

She's free

Karen says she'll be a star

She has sex with bastards

And says that someday people will envy her

Karen always drinks to your health

Sings other people's songs

Sings her dreams and ours, too

Sings at the Bistrot 82

Karen is thirty years old

But she has nothing else to do

Not even kids

Not even dusting

She lives with her mother

Two streets away from the 82

One day, love came

He knocked on her door

She shouted for him to get out

Said she didn't open her door to strangers

Karen says that Paris is big

That another life is waiting for her

She says she won't let herself be bought

So Karen bets on the red

Of her lips and she moves

She says she's worth more than that

Karen doesn't care

She's free

She's free

Karen says she'll be a star

She has sex with bastards

And says that someday people will envy her

Karen always drinks to your health

Sings other people's songs

Sings her dreams and ours, too

Sings at the Bistrot 82

Sings at the Bistrot 82

Sings at the Bistrot 82

Karen is fifty years old

No allowance, no money

She spent everything on a small white bed

She tells herself that she'll stop and have a drink

At the 82

But she'll die just before

On her old mouldy mattress

With those goddamned springs

Poking into her sides

Karen says that life is hard

She's heading straight for the wall

She says she can't be stopped

So Karen bets on black

Closes her eyes and runs off

Without understanding why

Karen runs away, she's free

She's free [x3]

Karen says she'll be a star

She has sex with bastards

And says that someday people will envy her

Karen always drinks to your health

Sings other people's songs

Sings her dreams and ours, too

Sings at the Bistrot 82

• Artist:Mika
• Album:Origin of Love