Pourquoi que je vis Pourquoi que je vis Pour la jambe jaune D'une femme blonde Appuyée au mur Sous le plein soleil Pour la voile ronde D'un pointu du port Pour l'ombre des stores Le café glacé Qu'on boit dans un tube Pour toucher le sable Voir le fond de l'eau Qui devient si bleu Qui descend si bas Avec les poissons Les calmes poissons Ils paissent le fond Volent au dessus Des algues cheveux Comme zoizeaux lents Comme zoizeaux bleus Pourquoi que je vis Parce que e est joli.
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Text Authorship:
- by Boris Vian (1920 - 1959) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Edison Vasilyevich Denisov (1929 - 1996), "Pourquoi que je vis", 1973 [ soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion ], from La vie en rouge, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
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