Original Title: "Comme à Ostende"
Music: Léo Ferré
Text: Jean-Roger Caussimon
Year: 1960 (Ferré), 1970 (Caussimon)
We were seeing the sea horsesLéo Ferré's version:
rushing head first
and breaking their mane
in front of the deserted casino
The barmaid was eighteen years old
and I who is old like winter
instead of drowning into a glass
I had a walk in the spring
of her almond shaped eyes
Nor grey, nor green
Nor grey, nor green
Like in Ostende
And like everywhere
When over the town
Falls down the rain
And you wonder
if it's usefull
and above all
if it's worth it
If it's worth it
to live your life
I left toward my destiny
But here a smell of beer
of fries and of mussels in white wine
lured me in a tavern
There were comic guys, all red-faced
who guffawed, who talked loudly
and the beer, it was served
way before you could ask for more
Yes, it was raining
Yes, it was raining
Like in Ostende
And like everywhere
When over the town
Falls down the rain
And you wonder
if it's usefull
and above all
if it's worth it
If it's worth it
to live your life
We went arm in arm
to the district with shop windows
full of feminine presence
you want to buy when one is drunk
But here at the very end of the road
arrived a barrel organ player
with a terrific old tune
to make you blubbe a great deal
So well that all the guys in the group
got lost
got lost
Like in Ostende
And like everywhere
When over the town
Falls down the rain
And you wonder
if it's usefull
and above all
if it's worth it
If it's worth it
to live your life
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