Stromae - Formidable (Ceci N'est Pas Une Leçon) lyrics (English translation)FR: [Refrain]EN: [Chorus]

FR: Formidable, formidableEN: Great, great

FR: Tu étais formidable, j’étais fort minableEN: You were great, I was very shabby

FR: Nous étions formidablesEN: We were great

FR: FormidableEN: Great

FR: Tu étais formidable, j’étais fort minableEN: You were great, I was very shabby

FR: Nous étions formidablesEN: We were great

FR: Oh bébé - Oups! - MademoiselleEN: Oh Baby - Oops! -Mademoiselle

FR: J'veux pas vous draguerEN: I do not want dredge you

FR: Promis juréEN: Juror promised

FR: Je suis célibataire, depuis hier, putainEN: I am single, since yesterday, fucking

FR: J’peux pas faire d’enfant et bon c'est pas…EN: I can not make child and it is not...

FR: Eh reviens !EN: Well come back!

FR: Cinq minutes quoi, j't’ai pas insultéeEN: Five minutes, I have not insulted you

FR: J'suis poli, courtois et un peu fort bourréEN: I am polite, courteous and a bit stuffed

FR: Mais pour les mecs comme moi, z'avez autre chose à faire heinEN: But for guys like me, z' have another thing to do eh

FR: Vous m’auriez vu hier, j’étais…EN: You would have seen me yesterday, I was...

FR: [Refrain]EN: [Chorus]

FR: Formidable, formidableEN: Great, great

FR: Tu étais formidable, j’étais fort minableEN: You were great, I was very shabby

FR: Nous étions formidablesEN: We were great

FR: FormidableEN: Great

FR: Tu étais formidable, j’étais fort minableEN: You were great, I was very shabby

FR: Nous étions formidablesEN: We were great

FR: Eh, tu t’es regardé ?EN: Eh, you you are watched?

FR: Tu t'crois beau parce que tu t’es mariéEN: You think you beautiful because you are married you

FR: Mais c’est qu’un anneau, mecEN: But it is only a ring, man

FR: T’emballe pasEN: You packs not

FR: Elle va t'larguer comme elles le font chaque foisEN: It will drop you as they do every time

FR: Et puis l’autre fille, tu lui en as parlé ?

EN: And then the other girl you talked to him as about?

FR: Si tu veux j’lui dis, comme ça c’est régléEN: If you want I tell him, like that it is set

FR: Et au p'tit aussi, enfin si vous en avezEN: And the p'tit, finally if you

FR: Attends trois ans, sept ans, et là vous verrezEN: Wait three years, seven years, and there you will see

FR: Si c’est…EN: If it is...

FR: [Refrain]EN: [Chorus]

FR: Formidable, formidableEN: Great, great

FR: Tu étais formidable, j’étais fort minableEN: You were great, I was very shabby

FR: Nous étions formidablesEN: We were great

FR: FormidableEN: Great

FR: Tu étais formidable, j’étais fort minableEN: You were great, I was very shabby

FR: Nous étions formidablesEN: We were great

FR: Eh petite - oh pardon! - petitEN: Well small - oh pardon!-small

FR: Tu sais dans la vieEN: You know in life

FR: Y'a ni méchant, ni gentilEN: Y'a naughty or nice

FR: Si maman est chiante, c’est qu’elle a peur d’être mamieEN: If MOM is boring, it is that she is afraid to be Granny

FR: Si papa trompe maman, c’est parce que maman vieilli, tiens!EN: If dad proboscis MOM, this is because MOM aged, like!

FR: Pourquoi t’es tout rouge ?EN: Why you're all Red?

FR: Bah reviens gamin!EN: Baby come back kid!

FR: Et qu’est ce que vous avez tous, à m'regarder comme un singe, vous?EN: And that is what you all to look me like a monkey, have you?

FR: Ah oui vous êtes saints vous!EN: Ah yes you are holy you!

FR: Bande de macaquesEN: A bunch of monkeys

FR: Donnez-moi un bébé singe,EN: Give me a baby monkey,

FR: Il sera…EN: It will be...

FR: [Refrain]EN: [Chorus]

FR: Formidable, formidableEN: Great, great

FR: Tu étais formidable, j’étais fort minableEN: You were great, I was very shabby

FR: Nous étions formidablesEN: We were great

FR: FormidableEN: Great

FR: Tu étais formidable, j’étais fort minableEN: You were great, I was very shabby

FR: Nous étions formidablesEN: We were great