Life in the 20th Century is everything but easy   Most people unemployed   The young and the old on the dole      Fortunately, our modern state   Developed methods to keep you out of misery      An hour or two spent in a queue   Fill twenty files and access to paradise      If you're 25, ask for R.M.I.   Just stay home and get the fucking money   And it's so well made   That your debts will be erased   Make your best to abuse the system      Brave new world remunerating idleness as a part-time job      Of course some things are asked to me   Go to the ANPE   So that they go on paying   When all I do is nothing      Fortunately, it's only two times a week   Sometimes you make a sacrifice      A tiny pain for a comfortable gain   Allowances are falling like rain   Like rain      If you're 25, ask for R.M.I.   Just stay home and get the fucking money   And expecting mothers   Will even get more   Giving a future to the nation   And gettin' paid for      Stand and deliver profits and benefits   Go      Help yourself in the gold mine   The witty lead the blind   Help yourself in the gold mine   Life suddenly comes fine      If you're 25, ask for R.M.I.   Just stay home and get the fucking money   And it's so well made   That your debts will be erased   Make your best to abuse the system      Fortunately our modern state   Keeps you out of misery