Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Jacques Brel
Canonical path: /jacques-brel/departs
Related lyric paths: 6
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Départs
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Départs
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Toutes les amitiés
Qu'on laisse mourir
Qu'on laisse tomber
Pour aller courir
Sur de vains chemins
Cherchant pas à pas
Un bonheur humain
Qu'on ne connaît pas
Amitiés anciennes
Vieilles comme la vie
Idées faites siennes
Et que l'on renie
Visage sans nom
Prénom sans visage
Rires que nous perdons
Inutiles bagages
Tous les "au revoir"
Qu'on lance à la ronde
Parce qu'on croit devoir
Parcourir le monde
Et tous les adieux
Aux filles donnés
C'est trop d'être d'eux
Allant guerroyer
Les bonheurs qu'on sème
A chaque départ
Meurent vite d'eux-mêmes
Sur les quais de gare
Tous les "au revoir"
Et tous les adieux
Nous rendent l'espoir
Nous rendent plus vieux
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Jacques Brel performs "Départs", and this lyric page sits inside the Jacques Brel catalog on LyroVerse.
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