Comme un arbre dans la ville

[Jean Pierre]

it's a 1974 song by Maxime Leforestier
whose subject is the excessive concreting of large cities, to the detriment of green spaces
..a song that is more than ever topical
I had fun doing almost everything: vocals, guitars, bass, synth except drums

here the translate of lyrics

Like a tree in the city, I was born in concrete
Stuck between two houses, homeless without a home
Like a tree in the city
Like a tree in the city, I grew up far from the woods
Where my forest brethren made a family
Like a tree in the city

Between concrete and asphalt
To grow I struggle but my branches fly low
So close to the smoking cars between concrete and asphalt

Like a tree in the city, I have the smoke of factories
For a prison, and my roots are covered with fences
Like a tree in the city
Like a tree in the city, I have songs on my leaves
That will fly away under the eye of your servile windows
Like a tree in the city

Between concrete and asphalt
I will be torn from the streets to build where I lived
Car parks of posthumous honor between concrete and asphalt

Like a tree in the city, friend, make after my death
Barricades of my body and the fire of my twigs
Like a tree in the city.

Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

[SharksDontSleep]

I like this, especially the vocals, which are so individual on all your songs,
I'm not sure if it's deliberate, but is there a small delay in the guitar kicking in?
It sounds (to my ears), just a tiny bit late.
Still enjoyed it though. Nice one. 

[Jean Pierre]

exact ! ...je vais corriger ça 

[Mike_S]

Really enjoyed that JP. That song lyric will be relevant for a long time.

Mike

[StephenM]

wonder if anyone noticed a man with a last name of the forester made a song about a tree?  interesting...
I love trees.. they just stand in one place and grow...don't seem to worry about anything.. reaching for the light

[Jean Pierre]

Incredible! ...I myself had never made the connection between Leforestier, in English The forester and this song "comme un arbre dans la ville", in English the a tree in the city

You are very perceptive, Stephen ...and poetic

I love trees.. they just stand in one place and grow...don't seem to worry about anything.. reaching for the light

it could be the theme of a song

[Pete C]

Really enjoyed this JP- love your vocal and the vocal harmonies and the way the heavy guitar kicks in unexpectedly.

Pete