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Artist: Françoise Hardy
Canonical path: /francoise-hardy/les-madeleines
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Les Madeleines
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Les Madeleines
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Quand il s'en va chercher sa madeleineil sent
déjà le lait le caramelmais s'il prend les
vessies pour des lanternesil s'ra saigné très vite
aux quatre veinesdoucementgentimentcomme un enfantinnocentboit-il du jus d'orangeou
fume-t-il des mélangesqui lui font voir la meren
plein désert?quand il s'en va chérir sa Madeleinequand
je le vois courir à perdre haleineouvrir ses
bras charmants à la vilainequi cassera ses dents
de porcelainenez au vent,en rêvantcomme un enfantinnocentà quinze
pieds du solil pare d'une auréoleles guêpes pas
du tout follesqu'il trouve en soldequand il s'en
va chercher sa Madeleineje me mets à pleurer
comme une mad(e)leineil connaît pas vraiment les stratagèmesqui
datent pourtant d'avant Mathusalem...et il s'en va croquer
sa madeleinepuisqu'il la croit dorée sucrée au mielet
les gens rient de lui comme des baleinesbut
don't you take all this too personnelnez au
venten rêvantcomme un enfantinnocentla tête dans les nuagesil
part dans des voyagesoù tous les marécagessont transparents...
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Françoise Hardy performs "Les Madeleines", and this lyric page sits inside the Françoise Hardy catalog on LyroVerse.
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