"(Nothing But) Flowers" | David Byrne

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Translator: Caroline CREPU Reviewer: Caroline Gagné
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♫ Here we stand ♫
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♫ Nous voici ♫
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♫ Like an Adam and an Eve ♫
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♫ Comme un Adam et une Ève ♫
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♫ Waterfalls ♫
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♫ Des cascades ♫
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♫ The Garden of Eden ♫
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♫ Le jardin d'Éden ♫
♫ Deux fous amoureux ♫
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♫ Two fools in love ♫
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♫ So beautiful and strong ♫
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♫ Si beaux et forts ♫
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♫ Birds in the trees ♫
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♫ Des oiseaux dans les arbres ♫
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♫ Are smiling upon them ♫
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♫ Leur sourient ♫
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♫ From the age of the dinosaurs ♫
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♫ Depuis l'ère des dinosaures ♫
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♫ Cars would run on gasoline ♫
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♫ Les voitures roulaient à l'essence ♫
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♫ Where? Where have they gone? ♫
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♫ Où? Où sont-elles parties? ♫
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♫ Now, there's nothing but flowers ♫
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♫ Maintenant, il n'y a plus que des fleurs ♫
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♫ This was a factory ♫
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♫ Là, il y avait une usine ♫
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♫Now there are mountains and rivers ♫
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♫ Maintenant il y a des montagnes et des rivières ♫
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♫ You got it, you got it ♫
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♫ T'as compris, t'as compris ♫
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♫ We caught a rattlesnake ♫
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♫ On a capturé un serpent à sonnette ♫
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♫ Now we've got something for dinner ♫
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♫ Maintenant on a de quoi souper ♫
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♫ You got it, you got it ♫
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♫ T'as compris, t'as compris ♫
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♫ This was a parking lot ♫
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♫ Là, il y avait un stationnement ♫
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♫ Now it's all covered with flowers ♫
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♫ Maintenant il est tout recouvert de fleurs ♫
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♫ You got it, you got it ♫
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♫ T'as compris, t'as compris ♫
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♫ If this is paradise ♫
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♫ Si c'est ça, le paradis ♫
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♫ I wish I had a lawnmower ♫
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♫ J'aimerais qu'on me donne une tondeuse à gazon ♫
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♫ You got it, you got it ♫
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♫ T'as compris, t'as compris ♫
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♫ This was a shopping mall ♫
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♫ Là, il y avait un centre d'achat ♫
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♫ Now it's turned into corn field ♫
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♫ Maintenant c'est un champ de blé d'Inde ♫
♫ T'as compris, t'as compris ♫
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♫ You got it, you got it ♫
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♫ Don't leave me stranded here ♫
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♫ Ne me laisse pas seul ici ♫
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♫ I can't get used to this lifestyle ♫
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♫ Je ne peux pas me faire à ce style de vie ♫
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Thomas Dolby: David Byrne.
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Thomas Dolby : David Byrne
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