[Verse 1]
Lulu sold paintings
Jacquot dove into a bistro
Dédé tasted wines
I was working at Les Halles
Pierrot did nothing

[Verse 2]
We picked pockets
To pay for an old lemon
Growing flowers on the hood
Which dreamed of Provence
And died in Fontainebleu

[Chorus]
We lit a cigarette and everything lit up
And it was the celebration of Bastille Day
There was never one friend too many
In Jojo's band
There were fewer nights without guitar playing
Then there were days without bread
We shared everything and we had nothing
How crazy we were and how little we cared
And wasn't it fine

[Verse 3]
We paid peanuts
For the four walls of an old attic
All ready to crumble
But we wouldn't have moved
For a fortune
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[Verse 4]
Lucien set sail
Jacques bought himself a bistro
Where André drinks water
I quit Les Halles
Roger is a tax inspector
Pierre is looking for a job

[Verse 5]
I changed guitars
But I still keep, like a gift
A song that keeps me warm
At the base of my memory
That of Jojo's band

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