Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Jacques Bertin
Canonical path: /bertin-jacques/la-tristesse
Related lyric paths: 6
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La Tristesse
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La Tristesse
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La tristesse dans vos chansons,
Comme un bateau mort sur un fleuve,
A des formes chaque fois neuves
A l'étrange définition
Glissez chansons dans nos mémoires
Les cales pleines, ô bateaux
Qui portez nos amours, nos moires
Et ma tête sur un plateau
Inconsolable. Ce qui joue
Dans ces airs, ici, ce qui danse
C'est éternellement l'absence
Où je mets ma main sur ta joue
Comme ce fut jadis, naguère
Ce matin encore, à l' instant
Le futur aussi est présent
Parmi les ruines de la guerre
On chante, on chantera demain
On ne se tait pas, rien à faire
Et je n'oublierai jamais rien
Ni des trahisons le mystère
Nous survivrons dans les chansons
Mains liées, bateau sur un fleuve
Ô je n'entende ni m'émeuve
S'il se peut, aucune chanson !
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