Bernard Lavilliers

Lyrics Baron samedi Bernard Lavilliers

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Baron samedi


Grand squelette de phosphore
La terre tremble sur le port
Downtown !

Beau princes dans la poussière
Fracasser les ministères
Downtown !

Séduisant et mauvais fait (?)
Le diable fait ses affaires
Downtown !

Homme feuille, masque de perle
Robe blanche qui déferle
Downtown !

Je me fais le messager
De ces grands guerriers absents
De tous ces corps déchirés
De ces yeux rouges de sang
Mais ma plume ce poignard triste
N'apportera pas la paix
Banjo puissant, banjo triste
Solitaire sur les couplets

Baron samedi noir et blanc
Me regarde en souriant
J'entends l'appel des tambours
Les chansons vaudou m'entourent
Suis-je encore mort ou vivant ?
Je n'en sais rien pour l'instant
Suis-je encore vivant ou mort ?
Pas encore

Tambour voilé du vaudou
Semblant venir de partout
La nuit monte !

Haïti est sur la faille
On peut y voir ses entrailles
La nuit monte !

Mais la lune est là toujours
Bien cousue sur du velours
Baron samedi noir et blanc
Me regarde en souriant

Baron samedi noir et blanc
Me regarde en souriant
J'entends l'appel des tambours
Les chansons vaudou m'entourent
Suis-je encore mort ou vivant ?
Je n'en sais rien pour l'instant
Suis-je encore vivant ou mort ?
Pas encore

Beau princes dans la poussière
Fracasser les ministères
Downtown !

Séduisant et mauvais fait (?)
Le diable fait ses affaires
Downtown !

Grand squelette de phosphore
La terre tremble sur le port
Downtown !
Downtown ! (Downtown ! Downtown !)
Downtown ! (Downtown ! Downtown !)
Downtown ! (Downtown ! Downtown !)
Downtown ! (Downtown ! Downtown !)
(ad lib)

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The lyrics BARON SAMEDI of BERNARD LAVILLIERS is also present in the album Baron samedi (2013)

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Biografia

Bernard Lavilliers is a French singer-songwriter born in Saint-Étienne in 1946. Coming from a modest family, he developed a passion for music at the age of four. After working in a factory, he joined the Communist Party to defend his ideals and in 1965 left for Brazil, an experience that deeply marked his worldview. His return to France led him to be considered a draft dodger and imprisoned for a year. He began singing in cabarets and in 1967 released his first single. In 1968 he released his first album, simply titled "Lavilliers", which later became his stage name. Throughout the 1970s, he achieved success with albums such as "Les poètes" (1972), "Le Stéphanois" (1975) and especially "Les Barbares" (1976). The latter consecrated him as one of the most important French singer-songwriters. Lavilliers is known for his songs that often deal with social, political and travel themes. Among his most representative tracks are "Le Grand Bleu", "La Ballade de la rue des Amants" and "Les Barbares". In 1992 he sang alongside Léo Ferré at the fête de l'Humanité. In 2004 he released the album "Carnets de bord", an ode to travel, and in 2005 the book 'Bernard Lavilliers, Escales' by Gert-Peter Bruch was published.

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