SPOILER: meezingen

C'est l'histoire d'une trêve
Que j'avais demandée
C'est l'histoire d'un soleil
Que j'avais espéré
C'est l'histoire d'un amour
Que je croyais vivant
C'est l'histoire d'un beau jour
Que moi, petit enfant
Je voulais très heureux
Pour toute la planète
Je voulais, j'espérais
Que la paix règne en maître
En ce soir de Noël
Mais tout a continué
Mais tout a continué
Mais tout a continué

Non, non, rien n'a changé
Tout, tout a continué
Non, non, rien n'a changé
Tout, tout a continué
Héhé! Héhé!

Et pourtant bien des gens
Ont chanté avec nous
Et pourtant bien des gens
Se sont mis à genoux
Pour prier, oui pour prier
Pour prier, oui pour prier
Mais j'ai vu tous les jours
A la télévision
Même le soir de Noël
Des fusils, des canons
J'ai pleuré, oui j'ai pleuré
J'ai pleuré
Qui pourra m'expliquer que...

Non, non, rien n'a changé
Tout, tout a continué
Non, non, rien n'a changé
Tout, tout a continué
Héhé! Héhé! Moi je pense à l'enfant
Entouré des soldats
Moi je pense à l'enfant
Qui demande pourquoi
Tout le temps, oui tout le temps
Tout le temps, oui tout le temps
Moi je pense à tout ça
Mais je ne devrais pas
Toutes ces choses-là
Ne me regardent pas
Et pourtant, oui et pourtant
Et pourtant, je chante, je chante...

Non, non, rien n'a changé
Tout, tout a continué
Non, non, rien n'a changé
Tout, tout a continué
Héhé! Héhé!

C'est l'histoire d'une trêve
Que j'avais demandée
C'est l'histoire d'un soleil
Que j'avais espéré
C'est l'histoire d'un amour
Que je croyais vivant
C'est l'histoire d'un beau jour
Que moi, petit enfant
Je voulais très heureux
Pour toute la planète
Je voulais, j'espérais
Que la paix règne en maître
En ce soir de Noël
Mais tout a continué
Mais tout a continué
Mais tout a continué

Non, non, rien n'a changé
Tout, tout a continué
Non, non, rien n'a changé
Tout, tout a continué
Héhé! Héhé!

Non, non, rien n'a changé
Tout, tout a continué
Non, non, rien n'a changé
Tout, tout a continué
Héhé! Héhé!
Héhé! Héhé!

SPOILER

If I give up the seat I've been saving
To some elderly lady or man
Am I being a good boy
Am I your pride and joy
Mother please if your pleased say I am
And if while in the course of my duty
I perform an unfortunate take
Would you punish me so, unbelievably so
Never again will I make that mistake

This feeling inside me could never deny me
The right to be wrong if I choose
And this pleasure I get
From say winning a bet
Is to lose

When I'm drinking my Bonaparte Shandy
Eating more than enough apple pies
Will I glance at my screen and see real human beings starve to death
Right in front of my eyes Nothing old, nothing new, nothing ventured
Nothing gained, nothing still-born or lost,
Nothing further than proof nothing wilder than youth
Nothing older than time, nothing sweeter than wine
Nothing physically, recklessly, hopelessly blind
Nothing I couldn't say
Nothing why 'cos today
Nothing rhymed

This feeling inside me could never deny me
The right to be wrong if I choose,
And this pleasure I get
From say winning a bet
Is to lose

Nothing good, nothing bad, nothing ventured
Nothing gained, nothing still-born or lost,
Nothing further than proof nothing wilder than youth
Nothing older than time, nothing sweeter than wine
Nothing physically, recklessly, hopelessly blind
Nothing I couldn't say
Nothing why 'cos today
Nothing rhymed

SPOILER

[Verse 1]
Will you walk us uptown?
And wherever you go, you know we will follow
Will you walk us uptown? And we'll stand in the light
Of your new killing ground
And we won't make a sound
Except to sing our sorrow
Will you walk us uptown while our tears run in torrents?
To suffer in silence or pray for some solace
Will you wash away our sins in the crossfire and cross-currents?
As you uncross your fingers, and take out some insurance

[Chorus]
No matter what the price
It's your own paradise
Will you walk us uptown?
Will you walk us uptown?

[Verse 2]
Some hearts are sinking and some hearts are a-flutter
Some scoop gold from the dirt in the gutter
Or swallow the earth, pouring into your mouth
As they bury us upright saying, "Everything's alright"
Will you walk us uptown like some said that you could?
We will feast on your flesh and drink down your blood
Will you haul down that flag and dishonor that vow?
'Cause we must not change its color now
Will you walk us uptown?
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[Chorus]
No matter what the price
Each crushed on the corner of their own paradise
Will you walk us uptown?

[Verse 3]
Will you walk us uptown?
That's always assuming
That you're partly divine and partly human
You're the king of our hearts, you're the clown with the drum
Will you walk us uptown if we promise not to run?
Will you walk us uptown? Will you gather us near
As cowards flee and traitors sneer?
Keep a red flag flying, keep a blue flag as well
And a white flag in case it all goes to hell

SPOILER

Childhood living is easy to do
The things you wanted, I bought them for you
Graceless lady, you know who I am
You know I can't let you slide through my hands

[Chorus]
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses couldn't drag me away

[Verse 2]
I watched you suffer a dull, aching pain
Now you decided to show me the same
No sweeping exits or offstage lines
Could make me feel bitter or treat you unkind

[Chorus]
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses couldn't drag me away

[Verse 3]
I know I dreamed you a sin and a lie
I have my freedom, but I don't have much time
Faith has been broken, tears must be cried
Let's do some living after we die

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