J'avais dix-huit ans tout juste
Et quittant ma ville natale
Un beau jour, o gué
Je vins débarquer dans la capitale
J'entrais pas aux cris
D'"à nous deux, Paris" en Île-de-France
Que ton Rastignac n'ait cure, Balzac
De ma concurrence, de ma concurrence

Gens en place, dormez
Sans vous alarmer, rien ne vous menace
Ce n'est qu'un jeune sot
Qui monte à l'assaut du p'tit Montparnasse
On n's'étonnera pas si mes premiers pas
Tout droit me menèrent
Au pont Mirabeau pour un coup de chapeau
À l'Apollinaire, à l'Apollinaire

Bec enfariné
Pouvais-je deviner le remue-ménage
Que, dans mon destin
Causerait soudain ce pèlerinage?
Que circonvenu, mon cœur ingénu
Allait faire des siennes
Tomber amoureux de sa toute pre-
-Mière Parisienne, -mière Parisienne

N'anticipons pas, sur la berge en bas
Tout contre une pile
La belle tâchait d'faire des ricochets
D'une main malhabile
Moi, dans ce temps-là
Je n'dis pas cela en bombant le torse
L'air avantageux, j'étais à ce jeu
De premier force, de premier force

Tu m'donnes un baiser
Ai-je proposé à la demoiselle
Et moi, sans retard, j't'apprends de cet art
Toutes les ficelles
Affaire conclue, en une heure elle eut
L'adresse requise
En échange, moi, j'cueillis plein d'émoi
Ses lèvres exquises, ses lèvres exquises

Et durant un temps, les journaux d'antan
D'ailleurs, le relatent
Fallait se lever matin pour trouver
Une pierre plate
On redessina du pont d'Iéna
Au pont Alexandre
Jusqu'à Saint-Michel, mais à notre échelle
La carte du tendre, la carte du tendre

Mais c'était trop beau, au pont Mirabeau
La belle volage
Un jour se perchait
Sur un ricochet et gagnait le large
Elle me fit faux-bond
Pour un vieux barbon, la petite ingrate
Un Crésus vivant, détail aggravant
Sur la rive droite, sur la rive droite

J'en pleurais pas mal
Le flux lacrymal me fit la quinzaine
Au viaduc d'Auteuil, paraît qu'à vue d'œil
Grossissait la Seine
Et si, pont d'l'Alma
J'ai pas noyé ma détresse ineffable
C'est qu'l'eau coulant sous les pieds du zouzou
Était imbuvable, était imbuvable

Et que j'avais acquis
Cette conviction, qui, du reste me navre
Que mort ou vivant, ce n'est pas souvent
Qu'on arrive au havre
Nous attristons pas
Allons de ce pas, donner, débonnaires
Au pont Mirabeau, un coup de chapeau
À l'Apollinaire, à l'Apollinaire


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