Caussimon Jean-Roger
Miscellaneous
Le Funambule
Words: Jean-Roger Caussimon
Music: Francis Lai
(c) Éditions Saravah / Éditions 23
br/>Capo III
1 Of all his friends from the fairground circus
Not one had told the old tightrope walker
That he was also sometimes a sleepwalker
That would have been of absolutely no use,
2 The audience had left, the moon outside
through the holes in the old canvas
Lighted up a sky full of stars
The old tightrope walker then arrived.
3 He who was not so sure of himself
Who had kidney pain, who had dizziness
was everything changed it was a miracle
Yes it really was day and night.
4 No more need for parasol or pendulum
Somersaults became easy
He was graceful, he was agile
Like a demigod, on his steel wire.
5 And this was how a child saw him
A punished child or a poor man's son
Who had slipped into the scent of wild animals
And looked at him with a delighted look.
6 Chance spectator of this number
The child applauds at so many wonders
But a sleepwalker when you wake him up
Like a tightrope walker, he falls from a height.
7 Of all his friends from the fairground circus
Not one of them had told the old tightrope walker
That he was also sometimes a sleepwalker
Travelers are very good people.

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