Un, deux, trois - Mani Hoffman, Merwan Rim, Amandine Bourgeois

Ça m’a pris par surprise quand j'étais qu’un gamin

J’regardais tomber mes nuits et j’en attendais rien

Moi à Springfield Massachussetts, la vie coulait comme de l’eau

Un matin, j’ai pris perpète en ouvrant la radio

Ça s’appelait rock and roll, moi ça m’a rendue folle

Moi j’y ai rien compris, sauf que c'était ma vie

T’y comprends rien mais qu'ça sonne

Ça f’sait Un, deux, trois, pretty mama

Quatre, cinq, six, I miss you

Sept, huit, neuf, cannot get enough

Dix, onze, douze, I ain’t got the blues

One, two, three, come on baby

Four, five, six, a kiss

Seven, eight, nine, you’re on my mind

Ten, eleven, twelve, tell me when

Il paraît qu’il y en aurait qui se damnent

Pour du pouvoir, pour de l’or

Chacun sa façon de brader son âme

On les plaint pour ce qu’ils ignorent

Moi quand j’entends l’intro de «Hey Joe»

Oh je l’comprends mieux qu’aucun mot

Et rien ne me met dans le même état que la voix d’Aretha

Ça s’appelait rock and roll, moi ça m’a rendue folle

Moi j’y ai rien compris, sauf que c'était ma vie

T’y comprends rien mais qu'ça sonne

Un, deux, trois, pretty mama

Quatre, cinq, six, I miss you

Sept, huit, neuf, cannot get enough

Dix, onze, douze, I ain’t got the blues

One, two, three, come on baby

Four, five, six, a kiss

Seven, eight, nine, you’re on my mind

Ten, eleven, twelve, tell me when

Et c'était plus qu’une musique, un langage, une communion

Une religion laïque, notre façon de dire non

Des cheveux longs jusqu’au blouson

Mêmes idoles et mêmes temples

Nous allions tous même direction, nulle part, oui mais ensemble

Ça f’sait un, deux, trois, pretty mama

Quatre, cinq, six, I miss you

Sept, huit, neuf, cannot get enough

Dix, onze, douze, I ain’t got the blues

One, two, three, come on baby

Four, five, six, a kiss

Seven, eight, nine, you’re on my mind

Ten, eleven, twelve, tell me when.

It took me by surprise when I was just a kid

I watched my nights fall and I expected nothing

Me in Springfield Massachussetts, life flowed like water

One morning I took life by turning on the radio

It was called rock and roll, it drove me crazy

Me, I didn't understand anything, except that it was my life

You don't understand anything about it but let it sound

That's one, two, three, pretty mama

Four, five, six, I miss you

Seven, eight, nine, can't get enough

Ten, eleven, twelve, I ain't got the blues

One, two, three, come on baby

Four, five, six, a kiss

Seven, eight, nine, you're on my mind

Ten, eleven, twelve, tell me when

It seems that there would be some who damn themselves

For power, for gold

Everyone has their own way of selling off their soul

We pity them for what they don't know

Me when I hear the intro to "Hey Joe"

Oh I understand it better than any words

And nothing puts me in the same state as Aretha's voice

It was called rock and roll, it drove me crazy

Me, I didn't understand anything, except that it was my life

You don't understand anything about it but let it sound

One, two, three, pretty mama

Four, five, six, I miss you

Seven, eight, nine, can't get enough

Ten, eleven, twelve, I ain't got the blues

One, two, three, come on baby

Four, five, six, a kiss

Seven, eight, nine, you're on my mind

Ten, eleven, twelve, tell me when

And it was more than music, language, fellowship

A secular religion, our way of saying no

Long hair down to the jacket

Same idols and same temples

We were all going the same direction, nowhere, yes but together

That's one, two, three, pretty mama

Four, five, six, I miss you

Seven, eight, nine, can't get enough

Ten, eleven, twelve, I ain't got the blues

One, two, three, come on baby

Four, five, six, a kiss

Seven, eight, nine, you're on my mind

Ten, eleven, twelve, tell me when.