Devant nous l'an 2000. Quelques heures nous séparent.
N'en parlez pas m'a-t-on dit.
Et pourtant ce silence a comme un balancement maudit
Qui vous met la pendule à l'heure.
C'est le moment, c'est pas trop tôt
Pour parler des troisièmes couteaux.
Ils ne font rien, ils se situent.
Ils sont consultants ambigus
Des hydres multinationales.
Pas de nom, que des initiales.
Ils ont de grands ordinateurs.
Poules de luxe, hommes de paille.
Requins, banquiers, simples canailles.
Pas de nom et pas de photo,
Leurs sociétés sont étrangères.
Plus compliqué est le réseau
Qui les relie à leurs affaires.
Il était grand, il était beau.
Il sentait bon son Lugano,
Mon gestionnaire.
Justement près de Lugano
Etait la banque Ambrosiano.
Là où les vierges vaticanes
Faisaient fructifier leur magot.
Loge P2 dans ses arcanes
A deux massifs cardinaux
Pour les consultations diaphanes
Avec de joyeux mafiosos.
Le fameux compte à numéro
Passe de Zurich à Lausanne,
De Bâle à Londres, près de Soho,
Rencontra le troisième couteau
Il était chauve, il était gros.
Il portait des fringues de chez Smalto,
Mon mercenaire.
Les politiques, drôles d'oiseaux,
Prennent toujours pour plan de vol
Les bulletins de la météo
Ils vont toujours où il fait beau.
Il fait beau dans les audimats,
Dans les sondages du Figaro.
Il fait très beau chez la misère
Et dans les œuvres humanitaires.
Il fait beau sur les droits de l'homme.
Il fait beau chez l'intégration,
Le plein emploi, l'immigration.
On se les gèle dans le pognon.
Politiquement leurs idéaux
Sont très ciblés sur deux critères:
Entre Mad Max et l'abbé Pierre
Pas de nom et pas de photo,
Leurs sociétés sont étrangères.
Plus étonnant est le réseau
Qui les réunit entre frères.
Ils ne font rien, ils se situent.
Ils prennent, ils se gavent, ils se tuent,
Trivialité derrière les mots,
La réussite dans les crocs.
Ils sont là à tous les niveaux.
C'est le règne des troisièmes couteaux.
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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