Avec Toi

Charles Aznavour

Je viens du fond des âges et viens du bout des choses
J'ai vécu mille fois plus que n’importe qui
J'ai été dans la lune avant qu’on ne s'y pose
Par la magie du rêve et de la poésie
J'ai fait le tour des êtres, et le tour de moi-même
Associant la jeunesse à un sport dangereux
J'ai dit cent fois adieu, autant de fois je t'aime
Avant que de partir sans détourner les yeux
Mais avec toi ma douce, ma tendre, ma mie
Avec toi il en est autrement
Avec toi je cherche, j'invente, j'apprends
D'autres mots, d'autres gestes
Avec toi ma reine, ma belle, ma vie
Avec toi j'ai le coeur au printemps
Avec toi j'espère, je rêve, j'oublie
Tout le reste
Je viens du fond du temps des plaisirs et du vice
D'au-delà du possible à l'imagination
Je viens du bout du monde où dans des précipices
Repose ma folie, avec mes illusions
J'ai récolté du plomb dans des guerres insipides
Et j'ai semé de l'or sur des tables de jeux
J’ai vomi les alcools de tavernes sordides
J’ai imploré le ciel, et j'ai blasphémé Dieu
Mais avec toi ma douce, ma tendre, ma mie
Avec toi il en est autrement
Avec toi je cherche, j’invente, j'apprends
D'autres mots, d'autres gestes
Avec toi ma reine, ma belle, ma vie
Avec toi j'ai le coeur au printemps
Avec toi j'espère, je rêve, j'oublie
Tout le reste


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