On sera jamais les Beatles [English translation]

Never be the Beatles

Never have the dough

In my pockets I've only got ten cents

I really have to have a reason

We'll never be the Beatles

We'll never have the dough

In my pockets I've only got ten cents

And so I give it to myself.

I give myself hell from morning to evening

And from evening to morning

But I have to have a reason

Music makes me trip

Full of love and fresh water, but

It's misery, I have no tunes, no money, no cash

I eat pasta and drink coffees

I imagine I'm rich and famous, leaving the projects

Leaving my Ecolo [political party] neighbour, reselling my anti-Ecolo badge

But I'd have to go live with posh people,

Me, who's allergic to those bastards; it freaks me out.

Never be the Beatles

Never have the dough

In my pockets I've only got ten cents

I really have to have a reason

We'll never be the Beatles

We'll never have the dough

In my pockets I've only got ten cents

And so I give it to myself.

I give myself hell because I like it

I give myself hell because I know how to do it,

I'm sick, completely sick

I think about it all night

I had a job, at the beginning it seemed

That I was crazy for work, really it watched me stay

Whole hours behind my computer

They transferred me when one day they learned

That all I did in the office was slack off

Sharing the writing of my songs with my head in the clouds

To excuse myself, I pushed my ditty at them, they thanked me, goodbye, not even a single coin.

Never be the Beatles

Never have the dough

In my pockets I've only got ten cents

I really have to have a reason

We'll never be the Beatles

We'll never have the dough

In my pockets I've only got ten cents

And so I give it to myself.

Every passing day, I spend 3/4 of my time singing NTM, Bob or Yves Montant,

I think about it 24/7, writing and my music, yeah, I'm a psycho, my wife told me to look after myself better, see a shrink, so you don't scare people, if one day I leave you, you listen to me more when I speak to you, you're elsewhere, somewhere in this space, head in the clouds

I said to her, great ideas for songs, that's deep, that inspires me

I'm such a drama queen, who loves drama, it's really good this song that ends badly...

Never be the Beatles

Never have the dough

In my pockets I've only got ten cents

I really have to have a reason

We'll never be the Beatles

We'll never have the dough

In my pockets I've only got ten cents

And so I give it to myself

And so, and so...

Never be...

Never...

Oh... no, no, no, no, no

Never be, never never never the Beatles...

• Artist:HK et les Saltimbanks
• Album:Citoyen du monde