Les Barbares habitaient dans les angles tranchants
Des cités exilées au large des business
Ils rivaient leurs blousons d'étranges firmaments
Où luisaient la folie, la mort et la jeunesse
La nuit le haut fourneau mijotait ses dollars
La fumée ruisselait sur nos casques rouillés
Dans le vestiaire cradingue, cinq minutes volées
A la fumée, au feu, au bruit, au désespoir
{Refrain:}
Oh mon amour emporte-moi, emporte-moi loin de la zone
Vers des pays chagrins, vers des pays faciles,
Vers des pays dociles
Ils rêvaient de tropiques, des tropiques tropicaux
Pleins d'eau à trente degrés, pleins de forêts sanglantes
Ils rêvaient de corail, d'amour, de sable chaud
Epinal leur fourguait ses images en partance
Le fils du patron venait nous visiter
Au sortir du night-club avec de jolies femmes
Il nous regardait faire, essayait d'estimer
La montée de la courbe, la chaleur de la flamme
{au refrain}
Bourgeois adolescents aux mythes ouvriers
Militants acharnés de ce rêve qui bouge
Qui seraient un beau jour de gauche ou bien rangés
Tricolores et tranquilles, la zone c'était rouge
La noirceur des blousons nous faisait des étés
Sombres comme les fleurs de nos arbres acryliques
Nous déroulions nos chaînes essayant de décrocher
La montée de l'amour, de la paix, de la musique
{au refrain}
Quand le car avalait sa ration de six heures
De mains brulées, de silicoses et de gros rouge
Nous rentrions vidés dans nos cuisines, seuls
Un sourire, un café, la douche, rien ne bouge
La radio tapinait à l'étage inférieur
On dormait dans l'enzyme et dans le cargo
Puis nos têtes plongeaient vers des mondes meilleurs
Nos mamans affairées voyaient baisser le jour
{au refrain}
Les barbares habitaient dans les angles tranchants
Des cités exilées au large des business
Ils rivaient leurs blousons d'étranges firmaments
Où luisaient la folie, la mort et la jeunesse
Oh mon amour emporte-moi, emporte-moi loin de la zone
Vers des pays chagrins, vers des pays faciles, vers des pays dociles
The lyrics LES BARBARES of BERNARD LAVILLIERS is also present in the album Histoires - disc 1 (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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