LA GRANDE CITÉ
1.
Je suis né dans la cité
Qui enfante les usines,
Là ou les hommes turbinent
Toute un' vie sans s'arrêter,
Avec leurs haut's cheminées
Qui s'élancent vers le ciel
Comm'pour cracher leur fumée,
En des nuages artificiels.
Et dans le bruit des sirènes
Des hommes vont, des hommes viennent,
C'est la grand'ville qui surgit,
C'est la grand'ville qui surgit.
REFRAIN
Comm' c'est drôle
Ces gens qui marchent dans la rue,
Comm' c'est drôle
La vie perdue dans la cohue,
La sérénade des fauchés
Monte comme une mélopée
La sérénade des gens biens,
Et puis des ceuss' qui n'sont pas bien,
Et moi je les regarde viivre
Et j'trouv' ça drôle.
J'trouv' plus ça drôle.
2. Juste au bout de la cité
On ne voit plus les usines,
On ne voit que la fumée
Des bateaux et leurs machines
Il y a la gru' géante
Qui des quais jusqu'aux bateaux
Avec sa marche obsédante
S'amuse à cracher dans l'eau
On dirait un' drôl' de fête
Où se promène la tempête
Et le Bon Dieu qui est là-haut
Doit trouver ça rigolo.
Refrain
3. Mais il y' a dans la cité
Une fille à la peau douce,
A la va comm' je te pousse
Un' fill' toujours mal peignée,
Elle a sa rob' déchirée,
Mais j'ai trouvé dans ses yeux
Un bout de ciel égaré
Et qui n'appartient qu'à nous deux,
Je ne vois plus les usines,
Et je n'entends plus les machines
Qui donc se dress' sur la cité ?
C'est l'amour et sa liberté.
Refrain
Comm' c'est drôle
L'amour qui marche dans la rue,
Comm' c'est drôle
Deux coeurs perdus dans la cohue,
La sérénade de l'amour,
La sérénade des toujours,
Monte, monte sur la cité
Pour lui chanter sa mélopée
Et moi je suis là pour la suivre,
J'trouv' plus ça drôle.
The lyrics LA GRANDE CITÉ of YVES MONTAND is also present in the album En balade (2005)
Yves Montand, pseudonimo di Ivo Livi (Marsiglia, 13 ottobre 1921 – Parigi, 9 novembre 1991), è stato un cantante e attore italiano naturalizzato francese. Considerato uno dei più grandi interpreti della chanson francese del XX secolo, Montand ha saputo coniugare la potenza vocale con una profonda sensibilità interpretativa. La sua carriera, iniziata negli anni '40 in Francia, lo ha visto collaborare con alcuni dei nomi più importanti della musica e del cinema francese, tra cui Charles Aznavour, Edith Piaf e Jean-Luc Godard. Tra i suoi brani più celebri figurano "Les Feuilles Mortes", "La Vie en Rose" (cover di Édith Piaf) e "Le Chant des Partisans". Montand ha interpretato anche numerosi film, ottenendo riconoscimenti internazionali per la sua interpretazione in "Il cielo è rosso" (1964), diretto da Jean-Luc Godard. La sua figura rimane un punto di riferimento per la cultura francese e italiana.
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