Les dimanches à la con
Renaud Lyrics

Boules de gommes et p'tits mystères
Small things like gum balls and little riddles bring up memories of childhood.

Je m'demande si y a de quoi faire
He wonders if there was really enough to do as a child.

Une chanson
He sings about these memories.

Du parfum d'Amsterdamère
The smell of tobacco from his uncle's pipe reminds him of his childhood.

Qui sortait de la pipe en terre
The smoke came out from his uncle's clay pipe.

Du tonton
His uncle reminds him of his past.

De mes bobos sur les coudes
Minor injuries on his elbows remind him of his childhood.

Du bruit de la machine à coudre
The sound of the sewing machine reminds him of his childhood home.

Dans le salon
The sewing machine was in the living room.

Et du gros chagrin surtout
He remembers his sister being upset which made him very sad.

De ma p'tite frangine qui boude
His little sister is sulking.

Pour de bon
She is really upset about something.

Mais la nostalgie, tu sais
However, as you may already know, nostalgia can strike you at any time.

Autour de quarante balais
Around 40 years old, he feels the pull of his memories.

Quand ça t'chope
When nostalgia grips you.

Ça te donne envie de te retourner
It makes you want to turn back and reminisce.

Sur toutes ces journées ratées
Think of all the days you didn't enjoy.

Sans tes potes
Without your buddies around.

Ça donne envie de retrouver
It makes you want to rediscover.

Et tes billes et tes cahiers
Your marbles and notebooks.

Et ta gomme
Your eraser.

Et de pardonner à ta mère
And to forgive your mother.

D'avoir jamais bien su faire
For not always doing the right things.

La tarte aux pommes
Like not making the perfect apple pie.

Les dimanches à la con
The boring Sundays.

De quand j'avais disons
When I was, let's say.

Dix ans
Around 10 years old.

Me reviennent souvent
Often come back to me.

Pas toujours mais mettons
Not always but let's say.

Tout le temps
All the time.

Avec les frangins on se cultait
He bonded with his brothers.

On se balançait des coups de pieds
They play fought.

Sous la table
Under the table.

Pour avoir le blanc du poulet
To get the best part of the chicken.

Que la mère nous découpait
That their mother was carving.

Équitable
Dividing it fairly.

Pis on f'sait dans nos assiettes
They had fun with their food.

Avec la purée toute bête
They played with their mashed potatoes.

Au milieu
In the middle.

Des p'tits volcans super chouettes
The potato volcanoes they made were super cool.

Qui mettaient dans nos p'tites têtes
It sparked their imaginations.

Du ciel bleu
They dreamed of blue skies.

Trois couplets
Three verses.

De ces journées sans lumière
Days without light.

Des gâteaux d'anniversaires
Birthday cakes.

Partagés
Shared.

De ces bouteilles de Clairette
Bottles of Clairette (a type of sparkling wine).

Qu'on détestait en cachette
That they secretly hated.

Et pis de l'angoisse
And then there was anxiety.

De ces heures devant la fenêtre
Hours spent staring out of the window.

A regardé une bicyclette
Looking at a bicycle parked outside.

Juste en face
Right across the street.

De mes automnes monotones
Of my monotonous autumns.

Faisaient de moi un santon
They turned him into a puppet or figurine.

Sur le tapi du salon
On the living room carpet.

Y a cent ans
A hundred years ago.

Dans cet ennui accepté
In this accepted boredom.

Des après-midis passés
Afternoons spent.

En silence
In silence.

Quand les lumières s'allumaient
When the lights came on.

C'est toute la nuit qui tombait
It was like nightfall came early.

Sur l'enfance
Over his childhood.

Ca sentait déjà l'école
You could already smell school.

Le cartable le tube de colle
Backpacks and glue sticks.

Du lendemain
For the next day.

On priait pour que coups de bol
They prayed for good luck.

On se réveille avec une rougeole
So they would wake up and get sick with measles.