Rimbaud chanterait - Michel Delpech

Il écrivait sur des morceaux d’azur

Sur les étangs sur les forêts è è è

Il écrivait sur le vent sur les murs

Mais aujourd’hui il chanterait

Rimbaud chanterait les mains tendues

Rimbaud chanterait les bras en croix

Rimbaud chanterait le temps venu

Un soleil dans le cœur un sanglot dans la voix

Là devant la foule il chanterait

Comme un oiseau libre il chanterait

Et toute la foule sifflerait

Mais Rimbaud chanterait

Mais Rimbaud chanterait

Il t’a laissé des mots venus du cœur

Pour ne pas mourir tout à fait è è è

Lui, l’homme fou, l’ami, le déserteur

Aujourd’hui comme il chanterait

Rimbaud chanterait les mains tendues

Rimbaud chanterait les bras en croix

Rimbaud chanterait le temps venu

Un soleil dans le cœur un sanglot dans la voix

Là devant la foule il chanterait

Comme un oiseau libre il chanterait

Et toute la foule sifflerait

Devant toi tu verrais

Un bateau qui se noie

Un bateau qui se noie

Et Rimbaud chanterait

Rimbaud chanterait le poing levé

Rimbaud chanterait le cœur serré

Rimbaud chanterait la liberté

Et l’amour et l’enfer et le fleuve et la mer

Et devant la foule il chanterait

Comme un oiseau libre il chanterait

Et toute la foule sifflerait

Mais Rimbaud chanterait

Mais Rimbaud chanterait

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He wrote on pieces of azure

On the ponds on the forests è è è

He wrote on the wind on the walls

But today he would sing

Rimbaud would sing with outstretched hands

Rimbaud would sing arms crossed

Rimbaud would sing when the time comes

A sun in the heart a sob in the voice

There before the crowd he would sing

Like a free bird he would sing

And the whole crowd would whistle

But Rimbaud would sing

But Rimbaud would sing

He left you words from the heart

To not die altogether è è è

Him, the madman, the friend, the deserter

Today as he would sing

Rimbaud would sing with outstretched hands

Rimbaud would sing arms crossed

Rimbaud would sing when the time comes

A sun in the heart a sob in the voice

There before the crowd he would sing

Like a free bird he would sing

And the whole crowd would whistle

Before you you would see

A drowning boat

A drowning boat

And Rimbaud would sing

Rimbaud would sing with his fist raised

Rimbaud would sing with a heavy heart

Rimbaud would sing freedom

And love and hell and the river and the sea

And before the crowd he would sing

Like a free bird he would sing

And the whole crowd would whistle

But Rimbaud would sing

But Rimbaud would sing

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