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Jacques Higelin
Jacques Higelin (born Jacques Joseph Victor Higelin on 18 October 1940 in Brou-sur-Chantereine, Seine-et-Marne, France; died 6 April 2018 in Paris) was a French pop singer who rose to prominence in the early 1970s. Early in his career, many of Higelin's songs were effectively blacklisted from French radio because of his controversial left wing political beliefs, and his association with socialist groups. He and his wife, Kuelan, are the parents of three children, including musician Arthur H. and actor Ken Higelin. Read Full BioJacques Higelin (born Jacques Joseph Victor Higelin on 18 October 1940 in Brou-sur-Chantereine, Seine-et-Marne, France; died 6 April 2018 in Paris) was a French pop singer who rose to prominence in the early 1970s. Early in his career, many of Higelin's songs were effectively blacklisted from French radio because of his controversial left wing political beliefs, and his association with socialist groups. He and his wife, Kuelan, are the parents of three children, including musician Arthur H. and actor Ken Higelin.

Higelin's entertainment career began at age 14, when he left school to work as a stunt double. While playing a number of small roles in various motion pictures, Higelin was taught to play the guitar by Henri Crolla, an Italian film composer. By the early sixties, Higelin was attending the René Simon drama school, where he won the François Perier award.

For two years starting in 1961, Higelin served in the French military. Upon returning to France, he resumed his cinematic career, but increasingly began to focus on music over film. By the end of the decade, he was also very active in the artistic underground in Paris, and he began to channel his music towards radical militancy. He began attracting popular attention through his live concerts, typically held in smaller venues, and released his first solo album, in 1971. By the middle of the 1970s, Higelin had become one of France's most successful musicians, and he continued to be influential.
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Tombé Du Ciel
by Jacques Higelin

Tombé du ciel à travers les nuages
Quel heureux présage pour un aiguilleur du ciel
Tombé du lit fauché en plein rêve
Frappé par le glaive de la sonnerie du réveil
Tombé dans l'oreille d'un sourd
Qui venait de tomber en amour la veille
D'une hôtesse de l'air fidèle
Tombée du haut d'la passerelle
Dans les bras d'un bagagiste un peu volage
Ancien tueur à gages
Comment peut-on tomber plus mal?

Tombé du ciel rebel aux louanges
Chassé par les anges du paradis originel
Tombé d'sommeil, perdu connaissance
Retombé en enfance au pied du grand sapin de Noël
Voilé de mystère sous mon regard ébloui
Par la naissance d'une étoile dans le désert
Tombée comme un météore dans les poches de Balthazar
Gaspard ou Melchior, les trois fameux rois mages

Trafiquants d'import export

Tombés d'en haut comme les petites gouttes d'eau
Que j'entends tomber dehors par la f'nêtre
Quand je m'endors le cœur en fête
Poseur de girouettes
Du haut du clocher, donne à ma voix
La direction par où le vent fredonne ma chanson

Tombé sur un jour de chance
Tombé à la fleur de l'âge dans l'oubli, solo!

C'est fou c'qu'on peut voir tomber
Quand on traîne sur le pavé les yeux en l'air
La semelle battant la poussière
On voit tomber des balcons
Des mégots, des pots d'fleurs
Des chanteurs de charme
Des jeunes filles en larmes
Et des alpinistes amateurs

Tombés d'en haut comme les petites gouttes d'eau
Que j'entends tomber dehors par la f'nêtre
Quand je m'endors le cœur en fête
Poseur de girouettes
Du haut du clocher donne à ma voix
La direction par où le vent fredonne ma chanson

Tombé sur un jour de chance
Tombé par inadvertance amoureux
Tombé à terre pour la fille qu'on aime
Se relever indemne et retomber amoureux
Tombé sur toi, tombé en pâmoison
Avalé la ciguë, goûté le poison qui tue

L'amour

L'amour encore et toujours

Lyrics © EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING FRANCE
Written by: Jacques Higelin, Noah Yannick

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