Les choses [English translation]

If I had this, if I had that

I would be this, I would be that

I don't exist without things

All the stares scan me

I envy what others have

I crave what I don't have

Happiness is in possession

To me supermarkets are my temples

In my disguise of only recognisable brands

Things give me identity

I pray to things and they prey on me

They possess me, they price me

I pray to things and they fill up my life

Now it's not "I think but I have and therefore I exist."

Things to wear, to sell, to conquer

A female object that looks good

Without a throne or sceptre I hate myself

A naked king, I'm worth nothing.

I have perfume from Jordan

I'm a little bit like him in those shoes of his

I buy to be present here and now, I am

a somebody in this car

A life from flash light to flash light

Clip and club and clop and fast food

Stimulants and tranquilizers

But tinsel splendour in all times just zips emptiness

And anxiety

More good of the bad, but what's on TV - Nobel Prize or a scandal - it's about VIP

I pray to things and they prey on me

They possess me, they price me

I pray to things and they fill up my life

Now it's not "I think but I have and therefore I exist."

Things to wear, to sell, to conquer

A female object that looks good

Without a throne or sceptre I hate myself,

A naked king, I'm worth nothing.

I pray to things and they prey on me

They possess me, they price me

I pray to things and they fill up my life

Now it's not "I think but I have and therefore I exist.

Tattoo, piercing and bijou

I want an image, image and that's all

Appropriate language, ideas that fit in

That's all my worth.

• Artist:Jean-Jacques Goldman
• Album:Chansons pour les pieds