On refaisait le monde quand
Avec fureur, avec passion
Sans trop se poser de questions
Heureux et insolents

Soutenus par des mots violents
Nous faisions souvent des folies
Ce qui me fait dire aujourd’hui
Mélancoliquement

Qu’avons-nous fait de nos vingt ans
Fleurs sauvages de nos printemps ?
Dorment-ils sous la cendre chaude
De nos souvenirs en maraude ?

Aux soleils verts des joies d’antan
Enterrés sous le poids des ans
Qu’avons-nous fait au fil du temps
De leur vivant
De nos vingt ans ?
De nos vingt ans

Nous allions rêvant d’une vie
Différente pour toi et moi
Égaux en devoir et en droit
Folle et tendre utopie

D’horizon calme en ouragan
Les projets ne survivent pas
Et tout a volé en éclats
Irrémédiablement

Qu’avons-nous fait de nos vingt ans
Fruits verts de nos premiers printemps ?
Ces mots très souvent dans ma tête
Comme un leitmotiv se répètent

Le vocabulaire d’enfant
L’adulte inconscient le trahit
Qu’avons-nous fait comme défi
Au vent maudit
De nos vingt ans ?
De nos vingt ans

Que sont nos espoirs devenus ?
Sont-ils noyés à tout jamais
Dans un océan de regrets
Vécus, vaincus vendus ?

Moi lorsque je fais le bilan
De mes hiers à jamais morts
Malgré tout, tout me semble encore
Plus beau, plus fort plus grand

Qu’avons-nous fait de nos vingt ans
Surfant sur la vague du temps
Jour après jour avec l’ivresse
Inconsciente de la jeunesse ?

Notre amour était triomphant
L’ennui se traîne à son chevet
Dieu dites-moi qu’avons-nous fait
Du vent mauvais
De nos vingt ans ?
De nos vingt ans
De nos vingt ans


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