We voted to close the city at the assembly the other evening
But in Quebec they told us to mind our own business
Quâyâ There is no question of compensation or repurchase of our land,
There is no need for our opinion, the decision is not up to us
We can clearly see that Are they not the ones who play alone in school
Or who see all their boyfriends leave one after the other to go about their lives
Or who cry at their first re blonde who left yesterday evening
With her family to look for a job in another territory
What's the point of building a life, when you don't who decides,
When you asked for nothing better than to live here
I followed in my father's footsteps, at 16 I joined the foundry,
br/>At 17 my first tank and a girl from Gaspé who wanted to come and live here
I built my house behind my parents' house,
It was their business like that they could watch their grandchildren grow up
I'm 35 today, I know I'm not a finished guy
But my parents think they're a little old to think about starting a new life
We were there at the very beginning, we saw it all grow
This is where we know "is known, and this is where we want to die
What's the point of building a life, when it's not you who decides,
When you asked for nothing better than to live here
We've been pouring copper for 50 years, and we're still pouring
Despite the fact that the factory is closing, all the while announcing record profits
We've been fighting for 50 years, 50 years we've been building
I would hold the foundry at arm's length if it could make them change their mind
I know that we are not alone, that we will lose jobs elsewhere than here
there we go get lost as far as Mont-Louis, as far as Lance-Pleureuse too
And even as the city's mayor of the company there have slapped a cursed gang
and the Matagami mine closes its doors next week
What's the point of building a life, when it's not you who decides,
when you you didn't ask for anything better...
I'm starting to make a deal with my girlfriend and we're going back to live in Gaspé
we're going to get an apartment not too far from the center city
I'm not even thinking about selling the house, no one is going to come and live here
we will have been the last bastion of the coast there the Gaspésie

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