Un train qui part was the Monegasque entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 in Luxembourg, performed by Marie.
The song is about people striking out on their own. Marie sings about a girl from rural France who is boarding a train to Paris in the hope that she will find work there, despite not knowing exactly what she will do. The departing train, she sings, "is a bit like a home...For one who has never known home".
The song was performed sixth on the night, following Norway and preceding Spain. At the close of voting, it had received 85 points, placing it eighth.
Lyrics[]
Un billet de train froissé dans une poche
Avec, dans une main, un livre de poche
Elle n’a que dix-huit ans, une grande valise
Des yeux bleus sur un train qui s’approche
Un train qui part c’est un peu comme une maison
Un train qui part
Pour celui qui n’a jamais connu de maison
Un train qui part
Un train qui part c’est un peu comme une chanson
Un train qui part
Pour celui qui n’entend pas chanter de chansons
À son départ
Le train bat la campagne l’emmenant vers Paris
Que pourra-t-elle y faire pour gagner sa vie?
Elle ne sait pas grand-chose, elle n’a jamais rien fait
Sinon de quitter ceux qu’elle aimait
Un train qui part c’est un peu comme une maison
Un train qui part
Pour celui qui n’a jamais connu de maison
Un train qui part
Un train qui part c’est un peu comme une chanson
Un train qui part
Pour celui qui n’entend pas chanter de chansons
À son départ
Un train qui part c’est aussi le train de l’espoir
Un train qui part
Pour celui qui va trouver l’autre
Qui l’attend devant la gare
Un train qui part c’est un peu comme leur chanson
Un train qui part
Où tout finit et commence, comme la romance
Dans une gare
A train ticket crumpled in a pocket
With, in a hand, a pocketbook
She’s only eighteen years old, a big suitcase
Blue eyes looking at a train that arrives
A train that leaves is a bit like a home
A train that leaves
For the one who never knew a home
A train that leaves
A train that leaves is a bit like a song
A train that leaves
For the one who doesn’t hear songs being sung
At the departure
The train scours the countryside, taking her to Paris
What could she do there to gain her livelihood?
She doesn’t know many things, she’s never done anything
Other than leaving those that she loved
A train that leaves is a bit like a home
A train that leaves
For the one who never knew a home
A train that leaves
A train that leaves is a bit like a song
A train that leaves
For the one who doesn’t hear songs being sung
At the departure
A train that leaves is also the train of hope
A train that leaves
For the one who’s going to find the other
Who is waiting in front of the station
A train that leaves is a bit like their song
A train that leaves
Where everything ends and starts, like a romance
In a station
| Eurovision Song Contest 1973 | |||
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| Participants | |||
 Marion Rung •  Nicole & Hugo •  Fernando Tordo •  Gitte •  Bendik Singers •  Marie-France Dufour •  Mocedades •  Patrick Juvet •  Zdravko Čolić •  Massimo Ranieri •  Anne Marie David •  The Nova •  Ben Cramer •  Maxi •  Cliff Richard •  Martine Clémenceau •  Ilanit
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| Songs | |||
| Tom Tom Tom • Baby, Baby • Tourada • Junger Tag • It's Just A Game • Un train qui part • Eres tú • Je vais me marier, Marie • Gori vatra • Chi sarà con te • Tu te reconnaîtras • You're Summer • De oude muzikant • Do I Dream • Power To All Our Friends • Sans toi • Ey Sham
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