Le Meilleur Des Mondes

Come one, someone with better French than I have has to comment on these songs and share their revelations with me! This is, by the way (I'm speaking to an empty room here, aren't I?) is about the only song where I pretty much understand all the lyrics. Pretty much. Lovely, poingnant song, and rather relevant lately, since the riots in France. I like Tété. I with my French was better... Aidez moi, s'il vous plait! Quelqu'un?

Before there was poverty But we had already trouble making ends meet And now there is the war

This year, these damned servicemen Have taken everything from me Six brothers, a father, a mother My friends, my country

Let’s go, mother Let’s go away, it’s better Here, there is nothing to do anymore For God’s sake Let’s go towards the east Let’s leave this deathly place

Let’s go somewhere, where everything is fine, in the best of worlds (x4)

Mum unfortunately couldn’t resist the night convoys The fake floors and the holds It killed her As for me I wept Only when I realised How much they had deceived us on the radio

In the newspapers They were talking about an enchanting world (x4)

Somewhere, where everything is fine, in the best of worlds

well it's a very rough translation I hope you can understand it I just wanted to say something : this song has nothing to do with France. It is obviously about a war, not about riots. (and the media exaggerated a lot about these riots ; if you listened to it it was nearly a civil war, but in reality nothing of the sort happened... it was confined to certain suburbs)!