Le pain et les dents [English translation]

When we met

I was always starving

I sang in the street

For some bread,

Today I can take you

To the best places

If you like

But I ain't got no time.

When you've got teeth

You ain't got bread.

Yes but you've got bread

You ain't got teeth.

When you have got time

(You ain't got money),

Yes but when you've got money

(You ain't got time).

When we met

I lived under the roof

In an empty room

Without water.

Now we have

A large flat

But I'm always absent

Because I ain't got time.

When you've got teeth

You ain't got bread.

Yes but you've got bread

You ain't got teeth.

When you have got time

(You ain't got money),

Yes but when you've got money

(You ain't got time).

When we met

Life was full of hardships

I would have loved

To buy you a TV.

Now we have one

But I don't look at it

Because it's me

In front of the cameras.

When you've got teeth

You have no bread.

But when you've got bread

You ain't got teeth.

Yes but when you have got time

Man, you ain't got money!

When you've got money

You ain't got time.

[Spoken]

Man, you never have got time, damn it!

Man, I can tell you that you ain't got no money!

Then, man, something is going wrong, hey!

When life was hard I always ate rice

And nowadays, luckily, I don't eat rice no more.

Robert, hey Robert, what did you cook for lunch?

Rice ? Hey man, something is going wrong!

Rice, rice, rice, always rice! That's no stuff for Europeans.

Hey, my old Robert, I'm getting upset. Rice, always rice!

Really, man, I'm going to starve if this keeps up, man.

There is really something wrong in this consumer society.

• Artist:Hugues Aufray
• Album:Adieu Monsieur le professeur