Tu vas au bal
Renaud Lyrics

Tu vas au bal? Qu'y m'dit
Someone asks if you're going to the dance, what did they say?

J'lui dis, qui? Y m'dit toi
You ask who asked, and they tell you it was them

J'lui dis, moi? Y m'dit oui
You ask if you're going, and they say yes

J'lui dis, non, je peux pas
But you decline, saying you can't go

C'est trop loin y m'dit bon
They respond that it's too far away anyway

Et toi, t'y vas? Qu'j'lui dis
You ask if they're going

Y m'dit qui? J'lui dis toi
They ask who the question is about, and you answer that it's about them

Y m'dit moi? J'lui dis oui
They ask if they're going, and you respond affirmatively

Y m'dit non, j'y vais pas
But then they say they aren't going after all

J'ai un rhume et j'ai froid
Because they're sick and too cold

Alors on n'a pas dansé
So you both decided not to dance

On est resté à parler
Instead, you stayed and talked

On n'a rien regretté
And you didn't regret it

Y paraît d'toute façon
In the end, it seems that

Que c'était un bal con
It wasn't even a good dance anyway

Tu vas aux putes? Qu'y m'dit
Someone asks if you're going to the prostitutes

J'lui dis, qui? Y m'dit toi
You ask who asked, and they tell you it was them again

J'lui dis, moi? Y m'dit oui
You admit that yes, you were planning to go

J'lui dis, non, je ne peux pas
But then you backpedal and say you can't go

C'est trop loin y m'dit bon
Giving distance as an excuse

Et toi, t'y vas? Qu'j'lui dis
You ask if they're going

Y m'dit qui? J'lui dis toi
Same response as before

Y m'dit moi? J'lui dis oui
Again, they admit that they were planning on it

Y m'dit non, j'y vais pas
But in the end they decide not to go

J'ai malade et j'ai froid
Because they're feeling sick and cold too

Alors on n'a pas baisé
So you decide not to go to the prostitute after all

On est resté à parler
Once again, you stay and talk instead

On n'a rien regretté
And once again you don't regret anything

On n'avait pas d'argent
You couldn't have afforded it anyway

Pis y paraît qu'c'est payant, poil aux dents
And besides, you've heard that it's expensive

Tu vas à l'église? Qu'y m'dit
Now someone asks if you're going to church instead

J'lui dis, qui? Y m'dit toi
Same question as before

J'lui dis moi? Y m'dit oui
You confirm that you are planning on going

J'lui dis, non, je veux pas
But then you change your mind and decide not to go

C'est trop loin, j't'ai déjà dit, y m'dit bon
Reasoning that it's too far away anyway, again

Et toi, t'y vas? Qu'j'lui dis
Same thing as before

Y m'dit qui? J'lui dis toi
Same response as before

Y m'dit moi? J'lui dis oui
But they've changed their mind and are now going themselves

Y m'dit non, j'y vais pas
Though ultimately they decide not to go after all

Y fait froid et j'ai froid
Citing the cold as a reason

Alors on n'a pas prié
So neither of you end up going to church

On est restés à parler
Predictably you stay and talk, once again

On n'a rien regretté
And again, you don't regret anything

Car nos âmes sont tordues
You both feel that your souls are twisted

Pour pêcher c'est le pied, on est trop tordus
Suggesting that you're too 'twisted' to go to church and prefer sinning

Petit pont
Some bridge

De bois
Made of wood

Mon pote est mort de froid
Your friend died from the cold

D'toute façon y m'gonflait
You didn't like him much anyway

Voulait jamais bouger
He was always too lazy to move

Y savait que poser des questions
All he did was ask questions

Un peu con comme vous
Seemingly comparing him to the person listening to this story

Alors j'l'ai enterré
You buried him

Pis j'suis allé danser
Then you went to the dance

Avec les putes du quartier
And ended up going to the prostitutes after all, with those from the area

Dans l'église ravagée
Though you went inside a ravaged church instead

Et j'ai rien regretté
And once again, you didn't regret it

Mais alors rien du tout
Not even a little bit

Tzoin-ztoin, c'est fini? (Ouais!) (fait chier, merde)
The song ends with some unintelligible noises, asking if it's over