Seul sur son étoile [English translation]

When you're alone on your star

Watching trains pass by

When you raise toasts with losers

When you sleep with nobodies

When you start writing to your mother again

And think about savings

When you invent prayers

For junk Gods

It means you need

Somebody, something

Or an elsewhere

That you don't have, you don't have

It means you need

Somebody, or a love

Or a friend

That you've awaited for a long time

When you're alone on your star

You don't see time go by

You're warm and cozy and you settle down

Like a dying horse

When you tell about your childhood

To people who're not listening

When you're dressing up, it's Sunday

But after all you're not going out

It means you need

Somebody, something

Or an elsewhere

That you don't have, you don't have

It means you need

Somebody, or a love

Or a friend

That you've awaited for a long time

When you're alone on your star

Sometimes fate strikes

And then you're two on the same star

It's silly but you're happy

You don't need anybody

Or anything, or anywhere else

Who cares now?

Who cares now?

• Artist:Gilbert Bécaud