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
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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