Baby Pop

• By: France Gall

Lyrics:

[Français]

[English]

Les quelques sous que tu vas gagner

The little money you'll earn

Faudra pour ça durement travailler

Will require hard work

Te lever aux aurores

Getting up at dawn

Automne comme été

Autumn like summer

Tu auras beau économiser

No matter how much you save

Tu ne pourras rien mettre de côté

You can't put anything aside

Et là-dessus encore

And on top of that

Heureuse si tu peux

Be happy if you can

Aller danser

Go dancing

Chante, danse Baby pop

Sing, dance Baby pop

Comme si demain Baby pop

Like tomorrow Baby pop

Ne devais jamais Baby pop

Never, Baby pop

Jamais revenir

Never come back

Chante, danse Baby pop

Sing, dance Baby pop

Comme si demain Baby pop

Like tomorrow Baby pop

Au petit matin Baby pop

Early in the morning Baby pop

Tu devais mourir

You should have died

Sur l'amour tu te fais des idées

You're fooling yourself about love

Un jour ou l'autre c'est obligé

One way or another, it's bound to happen

Tu seras une pauvre gosse

You'll end up a poor girl

Seule et abandonnée

Alone and abandoned

Tu finiras par te marier

You'll eventually get married

Peut-être même contre ton gré

Maybe even against your will

À la nuit de tes noces

On your wedding night

Il sera trop tard pour

It'll be too late to

Le regretter

Regret it

Chante, danse Baby pop

Sing, dance Baby pop

Comme si demain Baby pop

Like tomorrow Baby pop

Ne devais jamais Baby pop

Never, Baby pop

Jamais revenir

Never come back

Chante, danse Baby pop

Sing, dance Baby pop

Comme si demain Baby pop

Like tomorrow Baby pop

Au petit matin Baby pop

Early in the morning Baby pop

Tu devais mourir

You should have died

Tu ne peux ignorer les dangers

You can't ignore the dangers

Que représentent les libertés

That freedom represents

Les menaces de guerre

The threats of war

Semblent se préciser

Seem to be approaching

À cet instant Baby tu le sais

At this moment Baby, you know

Où tous les soleils vont se lever

Where all the suns will rise

Quelque part sur la terre

Somewhere on earth

Les balles sifflent

Bullets whistle

Le sang est versé

Blood is shed

Chante, danse Baby pop

Sing, dance Baby pop

Comme si demain Baby pop

Like tomorrow Baby pop

Ne devais jamais Baby pop

Never, Baby pop

Jamais revenir

Never come back

Chante, danse Baby pop

Sing, dance Baby pop

Comme si demain Baby pop

Like tomorrow Baby pop

Au petit matin Baby pop

Early in the morning Baby pop

Tu devais mourir

You should have died

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
sous /su/ A1	noun - bottom; under; underneath
gagner /ɡaɲe/ A2	verb - to win; to earn
durement /dyʁ.mɑ̃/ B1	adverb - hard; severely
travailler /tʁava.je/ A2	verb - to work
lever /lə.ve/ A1	verb - to lift; to get up
automne /o.tœn/ A2	noun - autumn
éété /e.te/ A2	noun - summer
économiser /e.kɔ.nɔ.mi.ze/ B1	verb - to save; to economize
mettre /mɛtʁ/ A2	verb - to put; to place
côté /kɔ.te/ A1	noun - side
heureuse /ø.ʁøz/ A2	adjective - happy
danser /dɑ̃s.e/ A1	verb - to dance
revenir /ʁə.və.niʁ/ A2	verb - to return; to come back
jamais /ʒa.mɛ/ A1	adverb - never
revenir /ʁə.və.niʁ/ A2	verb - to return; to come back

Grammar:

• Les quelques sous que tu vas gagner

  ➔ Future tense with 'aller' (to go) + infinitive.

  ➔ The phrase means 'The few coins that you are going to earn'.

• Tu ne pourras rien mettre de côté

  ➔ Future tense with 'pouvoir' (to be able to) + infinitive.

  ➔ This means 'You will not be able to save anything'.

• Chante, danse Baby pop

  ➔ Imperative form for commands.

  ➔ This is a command meaning 'Sing, dance Baby pop'.

• Tu devais mourir

  ➔ Imperfect tense for past actions.

  ➔ This means 'You were supposed to die'.

• À la nuit de tes noces

  ➔ Prepositional phrase indicating time.

  ➔ This means 'On the night of your wedding'.

• Les menaces de guerre semblent se préciser

  ➔ Present tense with 'sembler' (to seem) + infinitive.

  ➔ This means 'The threats of war seem to be becoming clearer'.

• Quelque part sur la terre

  ➔ Adverbial phrase indicating location.

  ➔ This means 'Somewhere on Earth'.