D'où viens tu mon fils aux yeux si bleus?
D'où viens tu mon fils à l'air si malheureux?
J'ai marché
J'ai rampé sur dix vieilles autoroutes
J'ai piétiné les feuilles de
Vingt forêts sans arbres
Je me suis promené devant trente mers mortes
J'ai pointé sur le flanc
De quarante montagnes
J'ai fait cent-mille miles sur
Les chemins du bagne
Le ciel est noir, le ciel est noir
Il est noir, il est noir
C'est une pluie noire qui va tomber
Qu'as tu vu mon fils de tes yeux bleus?
Qu'as tu vu mon fils à l'air si malheureux?
J'ai vu un nouveau-né dans
La gueule d'une louve
Une route en diamant sale comme le Gange
Du sang sur les statues dans
Les jardins du Louvre
Du sang sur les pinceaux
D'un nouveau Michel-Ange
Et dix-mille commères qui n'avaient
Plus de langue j'ai vu un oiseau blanc qui
Volait sur une aile
Des enfants qui jouaient au
Bobèche à Sarcelles
Le ciel est noir, le ciel est noir
Il est noir, il est noir
C'est une pluie noire qui va tomber

Qu'entends tu mon fils aux yeux si bleus?
Qu'entends tu mon fils à l'air si malheureux?
J'entends un tonnerre roulant au
Bout du monde j'entends claquer des pas qui
Viennent de l'ombre
J'entends des musiciens que personne n'écoute
J'entends cent-mille cris et des
Gens qui s'en foutent
Des voyous qui se moquent
D'un petit monsieur triste
La chanson d'un poète qui cherche une musique
J'entends la voix d'un clown qui
Pleure sur la piste
Le ciel est noir, le ciel est noir
Il est noir, il est noir
C'est une pluie noire qui va tomber

Et alors mon fils aux yeux si bleus?
Et alors mon fils aux yeux si malheureux?
J'ai vu un petit noir sur
Un cheval blanc mort
J'ai vu un milliardaire qui
Distribuait son or
J'ai vu un avocat me dire qu'il avait tort
J'ai vu un étudiant qui s'arrosait d'essence
J'ai vu un roi de Prusse
Qui me donnait la France
Un vieillard qui courait sans
Avoir une chance
Le ciel est noir, le ciel est noir
Il est noir, il est noir
C'est une pluie noire qui va tomber

Que fais tu mon fils aux yeux si bleus?
Que fais tu mon fils à l'air si malheureux?
Je m'en vais repartir avant
Que la pluie tombe me cacher dans le fond
D'une forêt très sombre
Où les gens sont tous pauvres
Et où l'homme a son île
Où l'on ne voit plus rien, ni les pleurs
Ni les rides
Et où tout est pareil mais en prison-château
Où les bourreaux vous tuent en
Vous jetant des fleurs
Où voleurs et volés jouent au poker menteur
Où la couleur est noire et le nombre zéro
Et puis je reviendrai, je le crierai au monde
En haut de la montagne jusqu'au
Fin fond de l'ombre
Et puis je marcherai sur une mer profonde
Et je m'enfoncerai doucement dans ma tombe
Le ciel est noir, le ciel est noir
Il est noir, il est noir
C'est une pluie noire qui va tomber
Le ciel est noir, le ciel est noir
Il est noir, il est noir
C'est une pluie noire qui va tomber


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