J'ai oublié jusqu'à mon nom
En grattant de mes doigts fragiles
Jusqu'au plus profond de l'argile
Pour trouver l'or de Salomon
On est des milliers dans la mine
Tremblants de cette fièvre d'or
On creusera jusqu'à la mort
Pour cette couleur assassine
Le soleil est au fond du trou
Qui suinte l'eau et la vermine
On est des milliers dans la mine
Accrochés à ce rêve fou
Le silence des jungles
A recouvert les corps
Des indiens massacrés
Aux frontières colombiennes
Quand plane le curare
Et crache le FM
Quand passent les barbares
Sur les corps des indiennes
Tu sais, l'odeur du sang
Et de l'or est la même
Mais la vierge amazone
Ne s'est jamais donnée
Qu'à quelques gentilshommes
Qui n'ont rien demandé
Rien demandé
Saigne la boue, monte l'échelle
Les yeux creusés, le dos en sang
Quand les sourires n'ont plus de dents
Et que la main colle à la pelle
Et si tu tombes du scorbut
Au fond des jungles du Para
Au bord de Serra Pelada
Tu n'auras pas atteint ton but
T'auras pas supporté le poids
De tous les carats de l'or brut
Les années, les heures, les minutes
Au fond de Serra Pelada
Le silence des jungles
A recouvert les corps
Des indiens massacrés
Aux frontières colombiennes
Quand plane le curare
Et crache le FM
Quand passent les barbares
Sur les corps des indiennes
Tu sais, l'odeur du sang
Et de l'or est la même
Mais la vierge amazone
Ne s'est jamais donnée
Qu'à quelques gentilshommes
Qui n'ont rien demandé
Les uns se sont perdus
Dans le fond des lagunes
Les autres devenus
Gentilshommes de fortune
Ou d'infortune
The lyrics GENTILSHOMMES DE FORTUNE of BERNARD LAVILLIERS is also present in the album Histoires - disc 2 (2002)
Bernard Lavilliers è un cantautore francese nato a Saint-Étienne nel 1946. Proveniente da una famiglia modesta, iniziò ad appassionarsi alla musica fin dall'età di quattro anni. Dopo aver lavorato in fabbrica, si iscrisse al Partito Comunista per difendere i propri ideali e nel 1965 partì per il Brasile, esperienza che segnò profondamente la sua visione del mondo. Rientro in Francia lo portò ad essere considerato renitente alla leva e incarcerato per un anno. Iniziò a cantare nei cabaret e nel 1967 uscì il suo primo singolo. Nel 1968 pubblicò il suo primo album, intitolato semplicemente "Lavilliers", che divenne poi il suo nome d'arte. Nel corso degli anni '70 ottenne successo con album come "Les poètes" (1972), "Le Stéphanois" (1975) e soprattutto "Les Barbares" (1976). Quest'ultimo lo consacrò come uno dei cantautori francesi più importanti. Lavilliers è noto per le sue canzoni che spesso trattano temi sociali, politici e di viaggio. Tra i suoi brani più rappresentativi ricordiamo "Le Grand Bleu", "La Ballade de la rue des Amants" e "Les Barbares". Nel 1992 cantò insieme a Léo Ferré alla fête de l'Humanité. Nel 2004 pubblicò l'album "Carnets de bord", un inno ai viaggi, e nel 2005 uscì il libro 'Bernard Lavilliers, Escales' di Gert-Peter Bruch.
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