Anne Sylvestre — Frangines song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Frangines" by Anne Sylvestre.

Lyrics

Ce fut à l'école, déjà
Qu’on fit de nous des concurrentes
On se regardait chien et chat
On détestait les redoublantes
Souffre-douleur ou bien fayotes
On se poussait toujours plus haut
On s’arrachait les bonnes notes
On pleurait devant le tableau
On aurait pu rester frangines
Ça nous aurait gagné du temps
Au coude à coude, j’imagine
Qu’il n’aurait pas fallu longtemps
Pour qu’on soit toutes aussi bonnes
Malgré les pionnes
Et les parents
Ensuite, en face des garçons
Commença la grande offensive
On se fabriquait des façons
Des rendez-vous sur l’autre rive
Et grande bringue ou Blanche-Neige
C'était à qui amènerait
Tous les boutonneux du collège
À l’accompagner sur le quai
On aurait pu rester frangines
Ça nous aurait gagné du temps
Bras dessus-dessous, j’imagine
Qu’on aurait, de ces débutants
Avant que la vie n’les assomme
Pu faire des hommes
Pas des enfants
Un peu plus tard, c’est la beauté
Qu’on nous érigea en barrière
On se retrouvait insultée
Si on n'était pas la première
Nos amitiés faisaient sourire
Fallait nous crêper le chignon
Et tout ce qu’on pouvait se dire
N'était que fadaises ou chiffons
On aurait pu rester frangines
Ça nous aurait gagné du temps
Main sur l'épaule, j’imagine
Qu’on aurait pu, se regardant
Voir qu’on était toutes assez belles
Et même celles
Qui ont pas le temps
C’est tout pareil dans nos métiers
On nous oppose et on nous monte
En épingle, pour mieux montrer
Qu’on se trouve en dehors du compte
Pour peu qu’on dépasse la tête
On est toujours une exception
Chacune sur notre planète
Ce qu’on a pu tourner en rond !
Si on se retrouvait, frangines
On n’aurait pas perdu son temps
Unissant nos voix, j’imagine
Qu’on en dirait vingt fois autant
Et qu’on ferait changer les choses
Et je suppose, aussi, les gens
Et qu’on ferait changer les choses
Allez ! On ose
Il est grand temps

Lyrics translation

It was at school, already
That we became competitors
We looked at each other dog and cat
We hated repeaters.
Pain sufferer or fayotes
We pushed each other higher and higher
We were getting the good grades
We cried in front of the painting
We could have stayed Bros
It would have bought us some time.
Elbow to elbow, I guess
That it would not have taken long
So we're all as good
Despite the pioneers
And parents
Then in front of the boys
The great offensive began
We made ourselves ways
Appointments on the other shore
And large bringo or Snow White
It was to whom it would bring
All college pussies
To accompany him on the dock
We could have stayed Bros
It would have bought us some time.
Arm up and down, I guess.
What would we have, from these beginners
Before life knocks them out
Could do men
Not children
A little later it's beauty
That we were erected as a barrier
We were insulted
If we weren't the first
Our friendships made us smile
We had to crêpe the bun
And all that could be said to each other
Was only fadaises or rags
We could have stayed Bros
It would have bought us some time.
Hand on shoulder, I guess
That we could have looked at each other
See that we were all pretty beautiful
And even those
Who have no time
It's all the same in our trades
We are opposed and we rise
Pin, to better show
That we are outside the account
As long as we get over our heads
We are always an exception
Each on our planet
What we were able to do in circles !
If we Meet, Bros
We wouldn't have wasted our time.
Uniting our voices, I imagine
How about twenty times as many
And that we would make a difference
And I guess, too, people
And that we would make a difference
Come on ! We dare
It's high time