The Convict’s Song (Chanson de Forçat)

[Chorus]
Oh oh oh he who has never been under lock and key
Oh oh oh will never know what it is to be free
Me, yes, I know this, I am an escapee

[Verse 1]
Oh oh What does it take to see a full blue sky and sea
To look into a black sky for four days out of three
I can look into that, I am an escapee
It is really necessary to be in custody
Oh oh oh oh oh to know the price of liberty
Me, yes, I know this, I am an escapee
Oh does one need to lose one’s ability to see
To keep hope for the suns lost into infinity
I see them shining, I am an escapee

[Chorus]
Oh oh oh he who has never been under lock and key
Oh oh oh will never know what it is to be free
Me, yes, I know this, I am an escapee

[Verse 2]
To tell the truth I am
Both a forger and a sham
A rip off man, a con
The player of an illusion

One who has been set free
An eternal escapee
A maker of holes
And a breaker of bolts

A jumper of over walls
A breaker of locked doors
A maker of the stars
And a filer of bars