Georges Brassens
Miscellaneous
The Friends First
No, it was not the raft of the jellyfish, this boat
Let it be said in the end ports, said at the bottom of the ports
He sailed like a relaxed father
On the big duck pond
And they were called friends first, friends first
These fluctuat nec mergitur, it was not literature
No offense to the spell casters, to the spell casters
His captain and his mates lots
Were not children of bastards
But free shipping friends, friends first
They were not luxury friends
Little Castor and Pollux
Like Sodame and Gomor, Sodame and Gomor
They weren't friends chosen by Montaigne and La Boétie
On the stomach they hit each other hard , friends first
They weren't angels either
The Gospel they hadn't read
But they loved it with all sails out, all sails out
Jean-Pierre, Paul and company, it was their only litany
Their credo, their confiteore, to friends first
At the slightest blow from Trafalgar, it's the friendship that took the bus
It was she who showed them the North, showed them the North
And when they were in distress, sent them SOS messages
It looked like Semaphores, friends first
At the meeting of good friends, there were not often rabbits
When one of them was missing on board, it is that he was dead
Yes but never ever, his hole in the yard closed
A hundred years later, he was still missing
Boats I took a lot of them but the only one who held out
Who never veered off course, but veered off course
Sailed like a relaxed father, on the great duck pond
And it was called Friends First, Friends First
(... instruments...)
Boats I took a lot of,
But the only one who held on
Who never veered off course, but veered off course
Sailed like a relaxed father on the great duck pond
And s called friends first, friends first

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