Paroles: Camille & Quentin Chappuis
Composition: Camille & Quentin Chappuis
Arrangement: Camille & Quentin Chappuis, Antonin Chatelain, Mathias Liengme
2013
Twelve hours a day
Between the office, the buses and the trains
Twelve hours a day
Working hard to get a pay so you can consume everyday
What’s the sense of all this?
Is that supposed to be bliss?
Work more, to earn more, to spend more
But now you ain’t got no free time no more
Don’t worry
You may have no time for your family
But now you earn a lot of money
You can buy some high technology TV
Divert quickly remaining lazy
But that don’t make you less lonely
Feel less lonely
You say you wanna work more
Because you wanna buy that brand new car
You tell me
“See, it’s no fancy, trust me, it’s really necessary”
So now you’re rejoicing
Because you finally earning more quids
But you’re also crying
Because you don’t have time to see your kids
See, that’s how the system is
You say you wanna work more
To pay your vacation in Bora Bora
You tell me
“I need something exotic”
A tick, a click, and here you are under the Tropics
Work more, to earn more, to spend more
But now you ain’t got no free time no more
Twelve hours a day
Between the office, the buses and the trains
Twelve hours a day
Working hard to get a pay so you can consume everyday
Twelve hours of working
Three hours for cooking, cleaning, and accounting
Six hours for sleeping
And what’s left for your family?
Three hours plus the weekend if you’re lucky
Only if you’re lucky
What’s the sense of all this?
Is that supposed to be bliss?