J'ai vu Berlin, Bucarest et Pékin comme si j'y étais.
Matin et soir le nez dans la télé, c'est encore plus vrai.
J'étais de tous les combats, collée devant l'écran.
A la fois à Soweto, en Chine et au Liban.
Lancer des pierres au bord de Gaza, je ne regrette pas.
Des religieux, au nom de leur foi, m'ont lance une fatwa.

{Refrain:}
J'ai vu la guerre, la victoire était au bout de leur fusils.
J'ai vu le sang sur ma peau, j'ai vu la fureur et les cris
Et j'ai prié, j'ai prié tous ceux qui se sont sacrifiés.
J'ai vu la mort se marrer et ramasser ceux qui restaient...
Et j'ai vu...

Que cent mille fleurs s'ouvrent a jamais, et j'ai deja donné.
Les drapeaux rouges ont cessé de flotter, je les ai brûlés.
Un homme ce matin s'est jeté sous un train.
Abandonné comme un chien, la misère et la faim.
La pire est à craindre pour demain :
Ça ne me fait rien
Accrochée à ma fenêtre bleutée,
J'ai cherché la vérité.

{Refrain}


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    I've seen Berlin, Bucharest and Beijing as if I were there. Morning and evening, my nose in the TV, it's even realer. I was part of every fight, stuck in front of the screen At the same time in Soweto, China and Lebanon. Throwing stones at the edge of Gaza, I don't regret. Religious people, in the name of faith, imposed me fatwa.

    I've seen war, the victory was at the end of their rifles. I've seen blood on my skin, I've seen furor and shouts And I've prayed, I've prayed all those who sacrified themselves. I've seen death laughing and picking those who remained. And I've seen...

    That 100,000 flowers open forever, I've already done. The red flags finished floating, I've burnt them. This morning, a man threw himself under a train Abandoned like a dog, in misery and hunger. The worst is to fear for tomorrow : it doesn't make me anything ! Hung to my blue window, I've looked for truth.

    I've seen war, the victory was at the end of their rifles. I've seen blood on my skin, I've seen furor and shouts And I've prayed, I've prayed all those who sacrified themselves. I've seen death laughing and picking those who remained. And I've seen...

    I've seen war, the victory was at the end of their rifles. I've seen blood on my skin, I've seen furor and shouts And I've prayed, I've prayed all those who sacrified themselves. I've seen death laughing and picking those who remained. I've seen war, the victory was at the end of their rifles. I've seen blood on my skin, I've seen furor and shouts And I've prayed, I've prayed all those who sacrified themselves. I've seen death laughing and picking those who remained. And I've seen...

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    Song Fact

    This song and the follow-up "Pendant Que Les Champs Brûlent" were banned on radios during the 1991 Gulf War for their content.

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