J'ai vu des choses mon vieux, des choses qui font mal
J'ai vu des larmes qui coulent, des enfants qui ont mal
On n'a le droit de s'en foutre, c'est rien de banal
Le temps qui passe pour nous, pour eux est fatal

Mais, on n'est pas la pour la pitié
On n'est pas la pour pleurer leur sort
Je voulais que cette chanson leur soit dédiée
Que tous ensemble, pour eux, on y croit encore

Aucune raison n'est bonne pour un enfant de souffrir
Il n'y a pas de raison pour une âme de ne pas sourire
Mais la vie a fait que pour certains ce n'est pas pareil
Il y en a qui viennent au monde déjà prêts pour

Un long sommeil
C'est triste, et il faut faire quelque chose
Il faut qu'on s'implique dans de petites et simples choses
Qui pour eux font la difference
Un sourire aux lèvres, un message de l'espérance

Lève ta main pour ces princes des ghettos
Qui ne voient que l'ampleur de l'étau
Qui tous les jours se battent pour survivre
En espérant un jour ne plus soufrir

Lève ta main pour ces petits princes de la rue
Qui ne voient que leur destin perdu
Et simplement que l'on se souvienne
Que pour tout le monde la vie n'est pas la même

La cicatrice reste, quand marquée sur un enfant
Mais leur visage s'illumine, à chaque main qu'on leur tend
Tu sais pour eux le bonheur ne tient à rien
Si je pouvais en faire sourire rien qu'un

Je me sentirais déjà bien
Ces enfants de la famine
Ces enfants des terres hostiles
Ces gosses qui ne l'ont pas choisi

Mais qui en portent des traces indélébiles
Parle pour eux mon gars, prie pour eux mon gars
Plus tu ne manques de rien et plus il
Y en a pour qui ça s'arrête là

C'est la vie qui l'a choisi ainsi
Sans trop savoir qui en paierait le prix
Et coulent des larmes sous un ciel gris
Malheureusement ce sont eux qu'on oublie

En espérant qu'un jour les choses changent
C'est déjà bien qu'ensemble on y pense
Surtout que je sais qu'il aurait pu être le mien
Ce petit prince triste qui me tend la main

Lève ta main pour ces petits princes de la rue
Qui ne voient que leur destin perdu
Et simplement que l'on se souvienne
Que pour tout le monde la vie n'est pas la même

La cicatrice reste, quand marquée sur un enfant
Mais leur visage s'illumine, a chaque main qu'on leur tend
Tu sais pour eux le bohneur ne tient à rien
Si je pouvais en faire sourire rien qu'un

Lève ta main pour ces petits princes de la rue
Qui ne voient que leur destin perdu
Et simplement que l'on se souvienne
Que pour tout le monde la vie n'est pas la même

La cicatrice reste, quand marquée sur un enfant
Mais leur visage s'illumine, à chaque main qu'on leur tend
Tu sais pour eux le bohneur ne tient à rien
Si je pouvais en faire sourire rien qu'un


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