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Artist: Bernard Lavilliers
Canonical path: /lavilliers-bernard/balthazar
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Balthazar
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Balthazar
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Il a sorti du manteau
Des cartes rouges et noires
"Et alors" me dit l'oiseau
"Qu'a-t-il fait de son manteau ?"
Il a transformé le manteau en chapeau
En chapeau rouge et noir
"Et alors" me dit l'oiseau
"Qu'a-t-il posé sur son dos ?"
Il a sorti du chapeau un banjo
Un banjo rouge et noir
"Et alors" me dit l'oiseau
"A-t-il joué sur le do ?"
Une femme a dit bravo
Elle était rouge et noire
Elle avait bu du bordeaux
Il n' lui a pas dit bonsoir
"Et alors" me dit l'oiseau
"S'appelait-il Balthazar ?"
Il est tombé dans son chapeau
Il en est sorti tout noir
Alors, il a joué du piano,
Est parti sans dire bonsoir
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Bernard Lavilliers performs "Balthazar", and this lyric page sits inside the Bernard Lavilliers catalog on LyroVerse.
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