Serge Lama

Lyrics La vieille et le brocanteur Serge Lama

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La vieille et le brocanteur


(Serge Lama - Yves Gilbert)

Dans une impasse informe
Une vieille difforme
A moitié bancale
Aveugle à moitié
Monologue sa vie
Au fond d'un vieux taudis
Un studio délabré
Dont ses enfants paient le loyer

Cette vieille édentée
Dans ses vieilles dentelles
Vit dans ses vieux papiers
Ses vieux bouts de ficelle
Elle a de vieux journaux
Un vieux chapeau
Un vase de nuit
Et même des rideaux d'organdi

Cette vieille édentée
Dans ses vieilles chandelles
Son vieux service à thé
Et sa vieille vaisselle
Se remet à son cou
Ses vieux bijoux
Le samedi soir pour se voir
Dans son vieux miroir

Cette vieille édentée
Au bon temps des ombrelles
Avait des lords anglais
Qui se ruinaient pour elle
On voit moustache en croc
Dans des tableaux
Leur fier dédain
Que la mort emporta soudain

Cette vieille toupie
J'habite en dessous d'elle
Et quand elle est partie
Pour la vie éternelle
Ses enfants m'ont prié
De la veiller pendant la nuit
En bon voisin, moi, j'ai dit oui

Alors moi j'ai fouillé
Dans ses vieilles dentelles
Et dans ses vieux papiers
Ses vieux bouts de ficelle
J'ai pris les vieux journaux
Le vieux chapeau
Le vase de nuit
Et même des rideaux d'organdi

J'ai pris les chandeliers
J'ai laissé les chandelles
Pris le service à thé
Et la vieille vaisselle
Songeant aux héritiers
J'ai pas osé
Car j'ai du cœur
Prendre le réfrigérateur

Laissant le parapluie
Il rafle les ombrelles
Dédaignant le tapis
Il prend les aquarelles
Et bien sûr les tableaux
Où les vieux beaux cocus d'antan
N'avaient pas du tout l'air content

J'ai vidé les tiroirs
Des bijoux de la vieille
Des perles en sautoirs
Et des boucles d'oreilles
J'ai pris les pièces en or
Rangées en ordre
Et puis surtout
J'ai pris mes jambes à mon cou

Et depuis j'ai ouvert
En Normandie
Dans l'Eure
Un magasin de brocanteur

Et depuis j'ai ouvert
En Normandie
Dans l'Eure
Un magasin de bric
Un magasin de brac
Un magasin de brocanteur

Il vit comme un rentier
En fouillant les poubelles
En vidant les greniers
Des vieilles demoiselles
Il vend leurs vieux phonos
Leurs vieux pianos
Il fait son beurre
Avec l'argent des successeurs

Il vend leurs chandeliers
Leurs dentiers, leurs dentelles
Bibelots, mobilier
Bijoux, vieille vaisselle
Il vend comme il respire
Il a, c'est pire
Il a, mais si !
Vendu son âme au diable, aussi

Depuis qu'il a ouvert en Normandie
Dans l'Eure
Ce magasin de bric
Ce magasin de brac
Ce magasin de brocanteur

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The lyrics LA VIEILLE ET LE BROCANTEUR of SERGE LAMA is also present in the album Souvenirs... attention... danger! (1980)

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Biografia

Serge Lama, born Serge Claude Bernard Chauvier, is a highly successful French singer-songwriter active since the mid-1960s. Lama has captivated audiences with his warm voice and romantic melodies, often accompanied by poetic lyrics that explore themes of love, loss, and nostalgia. Among his most famous songs are "Je suis malade", "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" and "Les Feuilles mortes". Lama has collaborated with numerous artists, including Michel Legrand and Charles Aznavour, and has won several awards for his music, solidifying his status as an icon of French song.

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