| No, I will not go to the Louvre this time
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| Don't see the Floos of Medusa, don't see the Mona Lisa
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| Pas le Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, le Mur des Fédérés
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| Don't have lunch at the pied de chochon, no I'm going
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| To the boulevard St Martin, number 11, stand in front of it
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| And touch with my hand without me entering the yard
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| Enter the courtyard, the front gate
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| Then I close my eyes, see the same boulevard
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| Delayed only by decades, there is a man walking on the sidewalk
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| Men in Gestapo leather coats follow him, hand
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| Loose on the weapon, sure that neither escape nor resistance
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| More is to be expected from this skinny Jew
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| The ragged, beaten half to death and apparently broken
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| Seemingly broken, there goes in front of them
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| Despite the beatings, despite the torture, he does not reveal a name
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| But a hidden Resistance that he says he knows
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| Where it might be, if only roughly
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| And acts as if he no longer knows the exact house number
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| "I'll take you there," he says to the Nazis, "follow me, I'll go
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| On the Boulevard St Martin and I'll give you a sign
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| A sign to you as soon as I see it"
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| Out of the corner of his eye, he then sees something passing by
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| Leave the entrance of house number 11 slightly open
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| Hurry and with his last strength he jumps through the gate
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| Quickly turns, slams it shut, and bolts
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| Run through the yard to the back exit and come to the house
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| Number 18 rue Mesley, a free man and alive
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| And get out alive
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| He disappears, only for a short time, and goes underground
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| His wife and comrades from the Resistance nurse him back to health
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| But soon he continues to fight tirelessly and he rises
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| From now on his voice trembles as long as he lives
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| Before forgetting, he calls for vigilance, for resistance
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| That never again war, never more fascism should go out
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| Should start from this country
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| Admittedly, I don't have as much courage as you
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| Not about your trust in humanity, your confidence
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| But while my hand is still touching this gate
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| I didn't feel your gateway to freedom Peter Gingold now
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| That my heart suddenly beats much more powerfully and freely
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| I can even feel some of your strength now
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| Transferred from your strength to me |