Arlo Guthrie — Paroles et traduction des paroles de la chanson The Pause of Mr. Claus
La page contient les paroles et la traduction française de la chanson « The Pause of Mr. Claus » de Arlo Guthrie.
Paroles
This next song we’re going to dedicate to a great American
organization. Tonight I’d like to dedicate this to our boys
in the FBI.
Well, wait a minute. It’s hard to be an FBI man. I mean, first
of all, being an FBI man, you have to be over 40 years old.
And the reason is that it takes at least 25 years with the
organization to be that much of a bastard. It’s true. You just
can’t join, you know. It needs an atmosphere where your
natural bastardness can grow and develop and take a meaningful shape in today’s complex society.
But that’s not why I want to dedicate the song to the FBI. I mean, the job that they have to do is a drag. I mean, they have
to follow people around, you know. That’s part of their job.
Follow me around.
I’m out on the highway and I’m drivin' down the road and I run out of gasoline. I pull over to the side of the road. They
gotta pull over too — make believe that they ran out, you
know.
I go to get some gasoline. They have to figure out whether
they should stick with the car or follow me. Suppose I don’t
come back and they’re stayin' with the car.
Or if I fly on the airplanes, I could fly half fare because I’m 12
to 22. And they gotta pay the full fare. But the thing is that
when you pay the full fare, you have to get on the airplane
first, so that they know how many seats are left over for the
half fare kids. Right? And sometimes there aren’t any seats
left over, and sometimes there are, but that doesn’t mean that
you have to go.
Suppose that he gets on and fills up the last seat, so you can’t
get on. Then he gets off then you can get on. What’s he gonna
do?
Well, it’s a drag for him. But that’s not why I want to dedicate
the song to the FBI.
During these hard days and hard weeks, everybody always
has it bad once in a while. You know, you have a bad time of it, and you always have a friend who says «Hey man, you
ain’t got it that bad. Look at that guy."And you at that
guy, and he’s got it worse than you. And it makes you feel
better that there’s somebody that’s got it worse than you.
But think of the last guy. For one minute, think of the last
guy. Nobody’s got it worse than that guy. Nobody in the
whole world. That guy… he's so alone in the world that he doesn’t even have a street to lay in for a truck to run him over.
He’s out there with nothin'. Nothin’s happenin' for that cat.
And all that he has to do to create a little excitement in his
own life is to bum a dime from somewhere, call up the FBI.
Say «FBl?», they say «Yes», say «I think Uncle Ho and Chair-
man Mao and their friends are comin' over for dinner"(click)
Hang up the phone.
And within two minutes, and not two minutes from when he hangs up the phone, but two minutes from when he first put
the dime in, they got 30,000 feet of tape rollin'; files on tape;
pictures, movies, dramas, actions on tape. But then they send
out a half a million people all over the entire world, the globe,
they find out all they can about this guy.
'Cause there’s a number of questions involved in the guy. I mean, if he was the last guy in the world, how’d he get a dime
to call the FBI? There are plenty of people that aren’t the last
guys that can’t get dimes. He comes along and he gets a dime.
I mean, if he had to bum a dime to call the FBI, how was he gonna serve dinner for all of those people? How could the
last guy make dinner for all those people. And if he could
make dinner, and was gonna make dinner, then why did he call the FBI?
They find out all of those questions within two minutes. And
that’s a great thing about America. I mean, this is the only
country in the world… l mean, well, it’s not the only country
in the world that could find stuff out in two minutes, but it’s
the only country in the world that would take two minutes
for that guy.
Other countries would say «Hey, he’s the last guy… screw
him», you know? But in America, there is no discrimination,
and there is no hypocrisy,'cause they’ll get anybody. And that’s
a wonderful thing about America.
And that’s why tonight I’d like to dedicate it to every FBI
man in the audience. I know you can’t say nothin', you know,
you can’t get up and say «Hi!"cause then everybody knows
that you’re an FBI man and that’s a drag for you and your
friends.
They’re not really your friends, are they? I mean, so you can’t
get up and say nothin' 'cause other wise, you gotta get sent
back to the factory and that’s a drag for you and it’s an expense for the government, and that’s a drag for you.
We’re gonna sing you this Christmas carol. It’s for all you
bastards out there in the audience tonight. It’s called «The
Pause of Mr. Claus».
Why do you sit there so strange?
Is it because you are beautiful?
You must think you are deranged
Why do police guys beat on peace guys?
You must think Santa Clause weird
He has long hair and a beard
Giving his presents for free
Why do police guys mess with peace guys?
Let’s get Santa Clause 'cause;
Santa Clause has a red suit
He’s a communist
And a beard, and long hair
Must be a pacifist
What’s in the pipe that he’s smoking?
Mister Clause sneaks in your home at night.
He must be a dope fiend, to put you up tight
Why do police guys beat on peace guys?
Traduction des paroles
Cette prochaine chanson que nous allons dédier à un grand Américain
organisation. Ce soir j'aimerais dédier ça à nos garçons
dans le FBI.
Eh bien, attendez une minute. Il est difficile d'être un FBI homme. Je veux dire, d'abord
de tout, être un homme du FBI, vous devez avoir plus de 40 ans.
Et la raison en est qu'il faut au moins 25 ans
organisation d'être un salaud. C'est vrai. Vous venez de
ne pouvez pas participer, vous savez. Il a besoin d'une atmosphère où votre
le bastardness naturel peut grandir et se développer et prendre une forme significative dans la société complexe d'aujourd'hui.
Mais ce n'est pas pour ça que je veux dédier la chanson au FBI. Je veux dire, le travail qu'ils ont à faire est de glisser. Je veux dire, ils ont
à suivre des gens autour de vous, vous savez. Qui fait partie de leur travail.
Me suivre.
Je suis sur l'autoroute et je roule sur la route et je suis à court d'essence. J'ai tirer sur le côté de la route. Ils
je dois arrêter trop-faire croire qu'ils ont manqué, vous
savoir.
- Je aller pour obtenir un peu d'essence. Ils doivent comprendre que
ils devraient rester avec la voiture ou me suivre. Supposons que je n'ai pas
reviens et ils restent avec la voiture.
Ou si je vole dans les avions, je pourrais voler à moitié prix parce que j'ai 12 ans
à 22. Et ils ont obtenu de payer le plein tarif. Mais le truc, c'est que
lorsque vous payez le plein tarif, vous avez à monter dans l'avion
tout d'abord, afin qu'ils sachent combien de sièges sont laissés pour le
les enfants à moitié tarif. Droit? Et parfois il n'y a pas de sièges
il en reste, et parfois il y en a, mais ça ne veut pas dire ça
vous devez aller.
Supposons qu'il monte et remplit le dernier siège, donc vous ne pouvez pas
obtenez sur. Ensuite, il descend et vous pouvez monter. Qu'est ce qu'il va
faire?
Eh bien, c'est une traînée, pour lui. Mais ce n'est pas pourquoi je veux dédier
la chanson pour le FBI.
Pendant ces jours difficiles et ces semaines difficiles, tout le monde a toujours
est-il mauvais de temps en temps. Vous savez, vous avez un mauvais moment, et vous avez toujours un ami qui dit «Hey man, vous