Lyrics of Karen (traduction)

Karen is twenty years old
Yes, but she has nothing but her age
And already time is slipping through her fingers

Leaning on the bar, on martyr street
At the 82
Karen makes up a list

She'd like a better life
Than those of her brothers and sisters
Who simply got in line

Karen says that paris is big
That another life is waiting for her
She says she won't let herself be bought

So karen bets on the red
Of her lips and she moves
She says she's worth more than that

Karen doesn't care
She's free
She's free

Karen says she'll be a star
She has sex with bastards
And says that someday people will envy her

Karen always drinks to your health
Sings other people's songs
Sings her dreams and ours, too
Sings at the bistrot 82

Karen is thirty years old
But she has nothing else to do
Not even kids
Not even dusting

She lives with her mother
Two streets away from the 82
One day, love came

He knocked on her door
She shouted for him to get out
Said she didn't open her door to strangers

Karen says that paris is big
That another life is waiting for her
She says she won't let herself be bought

So karen bets on the red

Of her lips and she moves
She says she's worth more than that

Karen doesn't care
She's free
She's free

Karen says she'll be a star
She has sex with bastards
And says that someday people will envy her

Karen always drinks to your health
Sings other people's songs
Sings her dreams and ours, too
Sings at the bistrot 82

Sings at the bistrot 82
Sings at the bistrot 82

Karen is fifty years old
No allowance, no money
She spent everything on a small white bed

She tells herself that she'll stop and have a drink
At the 82
But she'll die just before

On her old mouldy mattress
With those goddamned springs
Poking into her sides

Karen says that life is hard
She's heading straight for the wall
She says she can't be stopped

So karen bets on black
Closes her eyes and runs off
Without understanding why
Karen runs away, she's free

She's free (x3)

Karen says she'll be a star
She has sex with bastards
And says that someday people will envy her

Karen always drinks to your health
Sings other people's songs
Sings her dreams and ours, too

Sings at the bistrot 82