Aux Arbres Citoyens
Yannick Noah
To the Citizen Trees
The concrete in the plains
Flows to the mountains
Poison in the fountains,
In our countryside
From cyclones to gusts
Our story is taking on water
Our ideal remains
"to show off"
Buying air in a can
Filling the scale:
A few petrodollars
Against existence
From the equator to the poles,
This weight on our shoulders
Of ephemeral squatters...
Now it's more fun
Since we need to change things
To the citizen trees!
It's high time we propose
A world for tomorrow!
To the citizen trees
A few slaps to take
Yesterday is for tomorrow
Slaps to give
Keeping upright
An army of reeds
No one on their knees
Spread the word
It's true the earth is round
But who will come tell us
That it's for everyone...
And those to come...
Since we need to change things
To the citizen trees!
It's high time we propose
A world for tomorrow!
No more time to know whose fault it is
To count the luck or the others
Now we fight
With you, I believe in it
Since we need to change things
To the citizen trees!
It's high time we propose
A world for tomorrow!
With you, I believe in it
Since we need to change things
To the citizen trees!
It's high time we propose
A world for tomorrow!
