ROCK’N ROLL

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In memoriam Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley and Johnny Hallyday,   For Eddy Mitchell,

For a tradeslady,

With regard.

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All is right Rock’n Roll

Birds are flying in the sky

And clouds are moving

White and blue

 

All is right Rock’n Roll

Guitars are singing

Birds which are flying

And clouds which are moving

Blue and white

 

All is right Rock’n Roll

I’m writing about you

Because you’re moving me

Like clouds in the sky

White and blue

 

All is right Rock’n Roll

I’m dancing on the floor

With flowers of a great garden

Like a bird like a bee

All is right Rock’n Roll

We are birds in the sky

And so many

So many

To build Tomorrow

 

All is right Rock’n Roll

I believe it

Among my sisters and my brothers

So many

 

All is right Rock’n Roll

To care the planet

To love the clear water

The green garden

The air

The sun and stars

‘Cause is real

‘Cause is a duty

‘Cause it’s a very serious matter

 

All is right Rock'n Roll

And I would say to you

Thanks

Really thanks for your soul

So great

The Jazz’s Daughter in fact

 

And in the immutability of silence

Of its rhythms

 

No doubt Rock’n Roll

All is right

 

‘Cause you’re jazzing up our life

In the good spirit

Without suffering

But with cheer

 

All is right Rock’n Roll

I think that

Sincerely

 

All is right

‘Cause of you and your artists

And all the children

In the eyes of whom

I understand the signs of gravity

Of liberty

Of the absolute respect for life

 

All is right Rock’n Roll

 

That to say you

I’m nothing Rock’n Roll

Nothing

And all is right

Like that

Simply like that

‘Cause we have faith

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Jean-Michel TARTAYRE