Working Song [English translation]

“Oh, let me in! Oh, let me out!”

Says the wind a my door

“See the cold that I bring you

Open the door for me!”

It blew for hours

Howled as much as it could

Knocked over, broke my heart

I didn’t let it back in

“Oh, let me in! Oh, let me out!”

Says misery at my door

“See how little I bring you

Open the door for me!”

I already had so few things

No money under my roof

I kept the door shut

It didn’t come back inside my place

“Oh, let me in! Oh, let me out!”

Knocked death at my door

“See the fear that I bring you

Open the door for me!”

I cried out, cried out again

Mourned my sad fate

All the tears of my body

I left it outside

“Oh, let me in! Oh, let me out!”

Rings the devil at my door

“See the evil I bring you

Open the door for me”

I couldn’t believe I’d get rid of him

But I chased him so far

Pursued him all the way to hell

Moved away from my path

“Oh, let me in! Oh, let me out!”

Blew winter at my door

“See the cold that I bring you

Open the door for me!”

It blew the whole night long

Howled as much as it could

Decimated, froze the earth

I didn’t let it back in

“Oh, let me in! Oh, let me out!”

Said the banker at my door

“See the money that I bring you

Open the door for me!”

I didn’t want to chat with him

Much less his gold

I kept the door shut

He’s still outside

“Oh, let me in! Oh, let me out!”

Said this man at my door

“See the love that I bring you

Open the door for me!”

I fell for his green eyes

Warmed in his arms

For him, I couldn’t do anything

He came inside my place

• Artist:Cécile Corbel
• Album:Vagabonde