This train,
Takes all kinds of people, this train. (bis)
You could be thin, you could be fat,
As an otter or as a nail,
This train, Ô Good Lord in Glory,
This train.
There is no inspector, on this train. (ter)
Just one guy who comes and tells you: «Time has come.»
One can't say it got shimmy, this train,
It leads you right from cradle to grave.
This train, some people don't wait very long for it, this train.
It takes them early the morning.
Some people even call it, this train,
Would you do somethin' else, if it was you?
Never get back, this train,
Regrets cannot change anything…
But on this train,
There is perhaps a guitar, on this train ,
To make a jam at the last station…
Everybody takes it one day, this train,
We don't think about it, but we are in it…