There's always someone down in every crowd Always a nameless figure trading about He's at the top of the state administration Or anywhere else where certain things can't be expressed aloud Unlike dictatorships that rise and fall These ones remain, they'll always outlive them all 'Cause they adapt, they conform to every standard Cruel it may be, it doesn't spoil the silent diplomats ball A skilled collaborator's neutrality Makes you alert on forms of deviancy It's no real point who exactly gets the sack Gypsies or Jews, it's the abuse, the abuse Of a man on his back Nous sommes très petits Nous sommes très petits Nous sommes très petits Nous sommes très petits A skilled collaborator's neutrality Makes you alert on forms of deviancy It's no real point who exactly gets the sack Gypsies or Jews, it's the abuse, the abuse Of a man on his back Nous sommes très petits Nous sommes très petits Nous sommes très petits Nous sommes très petits Nous sommes très petits Nous sommes très petits Nous sommes très petits Nous sommes très petits We're so small We're so small We're so small These men and women have changed my opinion There must be a human condition Am I pessimistic or am I optimistic Do you want to change the world with the same people in it Everything will be abused Everything's abused Name it, and it will be abused