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Morning sunrise
04:02
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Listen, try to catch all of these words.
Be alert 'cause it lasts not long.
You could forget the tune and the chords
'Cause it lasts the time of this song
Getting up so early in the morning, when the sun is rising.
Thinking that no place could be much better than the one I'm in,
And the sun is rising in a red mood, so good,
When I'm far enough to see
The green leaves, the hills and the prairies,
I then feel ready to rely
With all these forces up, so high.
Getting up so early in the morning, when the sun is rising.
Thinking that no place could be much better than the one I'm in.
And the sun is rising in a red mood, so good.
But it doesn't happen often,
Except when I decide
To get closer to the sun
And to go out for a ride.
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In the valley
04:30
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I found a place
Along the river,
Where the trees slightly bend in
The dark and cold water
And when I'm there,
Sat on the bank,
Don't ask me what I'm thinking.
Please just watch all this.
And it's such fun to go wandering in this valley.
Wherever you go, you'll never have to pay.
So many beauties you can see everyday.
I found a place
Where I can stay.
No one but the winter
Could make me go away.
Well I've been
Through very hard times,
But it seems this time
Luck gave me a chance.
And it's such fun to go wandering in this valley.
Wherever you go, you'll never have to pay.
So many beauties you can see everyday.
Now I've settled
In a flat,
Somewhere in
The good old city.
No chances
To find that
Somewhere in
This sweet old valley.
Still it's such fun to go wandering in this valley.
Wherever you go, you'll never have to pay.
So many beauties you can see everyday.
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3. |
Welcome in my land
04:44
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Welcome in my land,
Where the birds keep singing
In the palm of your hand.
Now breathe in this peaceful air,
Smell the thousands of scents,
Everything is so fair and nice.
All my thoughts are gone
Sitting on this meadow.
Trees and clouds around
But nothing but the wind blows.
Stay just for a while,
You'll see the flower grows,
We don't want you to go.
Lay down on the hill,
Feel the ground that breathes
Right beneath your heels.
Now focus on the sounds,
Take a look at them,
They're playing all around, listen.
All my thoughts are gone
Sitting on this meadow.
Trees and clouds around
But nothing but the wind blows.
Stay just for a while
You'll see the flower grows,
We don't want you to go.
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4. |
Not too much
06:08
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I like the tea when it slightly burns my tongue,
But not too much, so I can feel
Something else but the taste.
Something part of a miracle.
Just like when you're riding in your car and by chance,
You stop at the right place and the right time
To see that so big red sun shines,
Between two freshly dressed in trees.
I like the sound the lizards make
When they squabble on the veranda.
But I can't hear them like I hear you.
Now here's a song for you, just a song for you.
So I'm only trying to feel
Just like you said we had to.
But all I can see
Is lizards up there, don't you ?
And I won't cry, 'cause I won't look for.
And I don't mind, not anymore.
I like the sun when it slightly warm my skin,
But not too much, so I can stay
Somewhere else but in the shadow.
Somewhere part of a miracle.
I like the sound the words make
When they come out your mouth.
But I can't hear them like I hear you.
Now here's a smile for you, just a smile for you.
I will wait to see,
To see your face.
And I'll wait until sundown,
Until my eyes feel the grace.
And I won't cry, 'cause I won't look for.
And I don't mind, not anymore.
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5. |
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Ashamed for the past,
Scared about the future.
The present is so fast,
And you can’t find any cure
Looking for now, that changes but stay
Looking for time and delay.
And how long are we going to be,
Pretending we’ve got time enough ?
Being in the same time
Victim, judge and shy.
When did I stop
To be a child ?
And how long are we going to be,
Pretending we’ve got time enough ?
But then who knows how your life goes,
You may be wounded tomorrow.
You may be wounded tomorrow
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6. |
Song to Christophe
06:08
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We were looking for a cottage
And we were all unemployed.
Though we hadn't got a wage
You didn't try to avoid.
Oh thank you Christophe
For all you do.
You make our dreams
Come true.
We said we're three for the moment
But might be four soon.
You said "if you always pay the rent,
You can be three, four, five per room".
Oh thank you Christophe
For all you do.
You make our purest dream
Comes true.
And as you said you came to my show,
You seemed to like it you smiled.
And in the end you told me low
You knew a famous jazz-man guy.
Oh thank you Christophe
For all you do.
You make our dreams
Come true.
While I was playing, you told Delphine
That 'cause we had no buildings opposite,
We could grow all kind of things,
Like « vegetables » of every kind...
Oh thank you Christophe
For all you do.
You make our purest dream
Comes true.
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7. |
Don't care how
04:06
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(I) Don't care how
You will find me tomorrow
And who you are, simply wish to share
This feeling I don't really know.
(I) Don't care when it will happen at last,
'Cause now is the purest thing,
Present, now is just where I am.
Just look around and look at yourself
And I could almost try
For you to explain that you just need time
To focus on it again.
I just touch the ground, hear all the sounds and see,
Not getting in a mental activity,
You can forget past and future temporarily.
(I) Don't care what my desires are made of,
Cause I'm getting close
To the perfect and peaceful
State I want.
(I) Don't care who is this monster inside of us.
I know he's wrong,
And we can make him fade away.
Just look around and look at yourself
And I could almost try
For you to explain that you just need time
To focus on it again.
I just touch the ground, hear all the sounds and see
Not getting in a mental activity,
You can forget past and future temporarily.
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8. |
Hope Song
02:32
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This is a true hope song,
Even if it has been long.
I've been seeking the light
Too far away in the inside.
This is a true folk song
For those who want to ride on.
Come slowly to me,
And I'll try to make you happy.
This is a true answer.
Like the end of a so long winter.
The hope now rise again,
You got your shelter for the rain
This is a true hope song,
Even if it has been long.
I've been seeking the light
Too far away in the inside.
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9. |
I know it's you
06:30
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All the girls I cross and I find look cute,
It's only because they look a lot like you.
They got this wild and crazy smile,
But certainly ain't got your freckles shining.
Oh darling I tried and I tried again
But all the women I can find
Are all really looking exactly the same.
Now that I've grown up enough,
I think I can be sure
That I'll never oh never forget your laugh
And I'll never oh never forget you.
Darling I know it's you
And one day I'm sure we will make it.
Darling I know it's true.
Darling I know it's you.
Please come and join me, I'm so afraid.
And I could swear it ain't a lie.
These kind of stains forever stay.
Forever leap about the past.
Oh darling I tried and I tried again
But all the women I can find
Are all really looking exactly the same.
You say you wanna come and live in France.
My friend you're definitely welcome.
I could show you more than one evidence,
Your place is surely in my home.
Darling I know it's you
And one day I'm sure we will make it.
Darling I know it's true.
Darling I know it's you.
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10. |
In the end
04:01
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Sometimes you don’t remember,
Who you are any longer.
Things are turning in a way,
Where you wonder what to do and what to say.
But in the end,
Nothing changes
In the end.
Sometimes you think you’re getting mad.
You see again the fears you had.
You can’t remember how your room was looking,
Before you feel so out of all that playing.
But in the end,
Nothing changes
In the end.
Please don’t be the same as all those
Who look so depressed on their toes,
You deserve more and you know it.
Sometimes you say « It’s all over,
I must be insane what so ever.
I don't have a chance to get laid
'Cause all the excesses are being paid »
But in the end,
Nothing changes
In the end.
Please don’t let your wings on the ground
You'd better put it up and you 're gone
You'd be at home, back in town.
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11. |
Nature Song
04:43
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Caught in the last land to be seen.
Lost inside the sweetest land ever.
Here they are to see what all this could mean.
A few time trying to go further.
In the land of nature they lie.
Looking around, everything shine.
They feel like they got an answer
Of thousands of questions later.
Flowing on the ground,
One of them start to hug the earth.
He's yelling he has found
The source of any birth.
Watching the sun rays through the very green leaves
Like flashes of light in a rhythm.
Exactly what the nature wants to give
When you're sweet enough, with no cynicism.
There lies a truth,
Within the being of each sign,
That deals with our youth
And that connects our minds.
Watching the sun rays through the very green leaves
Like flashes of light in a rhythm.
Exactly what the nature wants to give
When you're sweet enough, with no cynicism.
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12. |
Shall not last long
02:32
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When our eyes
Are barely opened
To see the light
But not to be blind.
When we feel
This complete and warm beams
Touching our skins
But don't burn anything.
When our minds
All are ringing in tune
Ideas passing...
Our eyes on the moon.
Our eyes on the moon...
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13. |
Ramble Call
03:49
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For a while I thought I could do it,
Have a normal life and get used to it,
But a picture always come back,
I see my guitar on my back.
Going on rambling
But I know what would my parents say
That it's crazy, dangerous and tough.
But what else could I do anyway
'Cause I can't get enough.
So I'm going on rambling.
Yesterday I met a German rambler,
He spent fifty four months in prison
For having protected his sister
Then he got out out and...he rambled.
Going on rambling.
You could have told it to me before,
So I wouldn't have mistaken much more
I would I've chosen a good way or sort of...
Going on rambling.
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14. |
Night but Light
04:45
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Sure there are nights
You cannot see,
Run through the branches,
Climb up the tree
And all you can see now
Seems weird like night but light
Look for the moonlight
Behind clouds,
All should be dark
But still a presence shouts
It's unreal,
Like night but light.
And in the darkness of your feelings
I can truly say that something's shining.
It looks just like a painting
That was made to disturb.
And it seems weird
Like night but light.
Sure there are fights
You cannot win.
All your effort
Seems like ruined
But something you know,
You can't win in a night but light.
Sure there are friends
You cannot keep.
Hold your hands
It used to be sweet
But many years have gone by,
Like night but light.
And in the darkness of your feelings
I can truly say that something's shining.
It looks just like a painting
That was made to disturb.
It's unreal,
Like night but light.
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Nick Al Banam and the Minstrels Dijon, France
(...) Une voix qui fait vibrer juste ce qu'il faut la corde sensible, histoire de vous coller des frissons où vous aimez les ressentir. C'est sans doute celui qu'il manquait à la folk française actuelle pour lui redonner de belles lettres de noblesse (...)" - Blues Magazine. ... more
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