Dégénération - Mes Aïeux (English Lyrics)

Mes Aïeux (English: My Ancestors) is a Québécois group from Canada founded in 1996. Lyrics: Your great-great-grandfather, he cleared the land Your great-grandfather, he plowed the land And your grandfather made the land profitable And your father sold it to become a state employee As for you, my boy, you don’t know what you’re gonna do In your small one bedroom way too expensive, cold in the winter Some wants to become an owner come over you And you dream at night to own a small plot of land Your great-great-grandmother, she had fourteen children Your great-grandmother had almost as many And your grandmother had three it was enough And your mother didn’t want any ; you were an accident As for you, my girl, you change partner all the time When you do something stupid, you get out of it with an abortion But there are mornings, you wake up crying When you dream at night of a big table surrounded by kids Your great-great-grandfather, lived in misery Your great-grandfather, collected pennies And your gran