Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Jacques Brel
Canonical path: /jacques-brel/ballade
Related lyric paths: 6
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Ballade
Read Ballade lyrics by Jacques Brel on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Ballade
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Je voudrais un joli bateau
Pour m'amuser
Un beau bateau de bois doré
Pour faire la pêche à la morue
Je voudrais une jolie calèche
Pour me promener
Et pour éclabousser les filles
Qui dansent dans les avenues
Je voudrais que dans les tramways
On soit gentils
Qu'on dise merci et s'il vous plaît
Sur les plate-formes des tramways
Je voudrais que tous les clochards
Puissent chanter
Tôt le matin et tard le soir
Des airs de liberté
Je voudrais que dans les maisons
Ça sente bon
Le pain, le bière et le jambon
Qui se balance au plafond
Je voudrais un joli avion
Pour voir le Bon Dieu
Un bel avion souple et léger
Qui m'emmènerait haut dans les cieux
Et je voudrais que les petits enfants
Ne soient pas méchants
Et que leurs rires, comme des jets d'eau
Rafraîchissent l'humanité.
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Jacques Brel performs "Ballade", and this lyric page sits inside the Jacques Brel catalog on LyroVerse.
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