Dégénération Mes Aïeux ( English Lyrics)

Mes Aïeux (English: My Ancestors) is a Québécois group from Canada founded in 1996. Lyrics: Your greatgreatgrandfather, he cleared the land Your greatgrandfather, 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 greatgreatgrandmother, she had fourteen children Your greatgrandmother 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 greatgreatgrandfather, lived in misery Your greatgrandfather, collected pennies And your gran