Tu n'as pas sommeil
Tu fumes et tu veilles
T'es toute écorchée
T'es comme un chat triste
Perdu sur la liste
Des objets trouvés
La nuit carcérale
Tombant sur les dalles
Et ce lit glacé
Aller et venir
Soleil et sourire
Sont d'l'autre coté
Ces murs, ces grillages
Ces portes et ces cages
Ces couloirs, ces clés
Cette solitude
Si dure et si rude
Qu'on peut la toucher
Ce rayon de lune
Sur le sol allume
Visage oublié
De celui que t'aimes
Qui tire sur sa chaîne
Comme un loup blessé
Betty faut pas craquer
Betty faut pas plonger
Je sais, iils t'on couchée là
Et puis ils ont fermé leurs barreaux d'acier
Betty faut pas pleurer
Betty faut pas trembler
Je sais, tu vas rester là
T'aimerais plus t'réveiller, plus jamais rêver
Je te dis je t'aime
Dans ce court poème
Dans ce long baiser
Tu es ma frangine
Juste une féminine
Que j'avais rimée
Je te donne ma force
Mes mots et mes notes
Pour te réchauffer
Je haie la morale
Les prisons centrales
Les maisons d'arrêt
Je n'ai pas sommeil
Je fume et je veille
Et j'ai composé
Une chanson d'amour
Une chanson secours
Pour l'autre côté
Pour ceux que l'on jette
Dans les oubliettes
Dans l'obscurité
Pendant qu'les gens dorment
Au fond du conforme
Sans se réveiller
Betty faut pas craquer
Betty faut pas plonger
Je sais, ils t'ont couchée là
Et puis ils ont fermé leurs barreaux d'acier
Betty faut pas pleurer
Betty faut pas trembler
Tu sais, on s'retrouvera, là
Ailleurs, en plein soleil ...
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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