In order not to live alone (Pour ne pas vivre seul)

In order not to live alone
One lives with a dog,
One lives with roses,
Or with a cross.
In order not to live alone
One makes cinema,
One loves a souvenir,
A shadow, anything...
In order not to live alone
One lives for the spring
And when the spring dies
For the following spring.
In order not to live alone
I love you and I await you
To have the illusion
That I’m not living alone...

In order not to live alone
Girls love girls
And we see boys
Marrying boys.
In order not to live alone
Others have children,
Children who are alone
Like all the children.
In order not to live alone
We make cathedrals
Where all those who are alone
Pray to a star.
In order not to live alone
I love you and I await you
To have the illusion
That I’m not living alone...
In order not to live alone
One makes friends
And they get together
When the evenings of trouble arrive.
One lives for his money
His dreams, his palaces
But we never make
A coffin for two...
In order not to live alone
Me, I live with you
I am alone with you
You are alone with me.
In order not to live alone
We live as those who want
To give the illusion
That they’re not living alone.

(S. Balasko - D. Faure - Medail) - 1972