Y a un derrick dans mon jardin
Y a un pipe-line chez mon voisin
C'est la folie qui salit
Le pétrole

Tu marches au fuel, à l'ordinaire
Au kérosène ou au super
De toute façon c'est toujours
Du pétrole

C'est de la benzine ou de la gazoline
Le plastique ou la paraffine
Ne cherche pas, c'est toujours
Du pétrole

C'est pas de l'or blanc, c'est de l'or noir
Et ça fait des pétrodollars
Y a pas que des bidons dans
Le pétrole

Paraît qu'y en a qui ont des idées
J'voudrais voir leur bagnole rouler
S'ils mettent autre chose dedans que
Du pétrole

C'était le désert, rien n'y poussait
C'était en-dessous qu'tout se passait
Le vrai trésor était là
Le pétrole

Dire qu'il a changé l'eau en vin
Pour le vin, y avait du raisin
Il aurait mieux fait de changer l'eau
En pétrole

Qu'il soit à voile ou à vapeur
T'auras pas de tigre dans ton moteur
Si t'as pas de pognon pour
Le pétrole

Ouais, je voudrais bien voir la tête qu'on ferait
S'ils nous coupaient leur robinet
On se les gèlerait sans
Le pétrole

Un pétrolier s'est échoué
Il en sort une drôle de marée
Tu veux pas te baigner dans
Le pétrole

T'as qu'à demander aux Bretons
Si c'est bon et si ça sent bon
Un océan parfumé
Au pétrole

Ouais, notre seule consolation
C'est que les émirs qui en ont
Payent la flotte plus chère que
Le pétrole

Notre seule consolation
C'est que les émirs qui en ont
Payent la flotte plus chère que
Le pétrole

Vous, notre Père qui êtes au cieux
Le pain quotidien, gardez-le
Chaque jour donnez-nous
Notre pétrole, oh!


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