If you buy me a drink
I won't ask you
Where you're going, where you're from
If you're coming out of a shack
If your wife is pretty
Or if you don't have one
If you're dragging around alone
With a broken heart
I won't say anything
I will contemplate you
We will say a few words
While keeping our distance
We will empty our glasses
And I will leave
With a bit of you
To fill my silence

If you buy me a drink
You can, if you want
Tell me your life story
Make it an epic
Make it an opera
I'll play along
I'll do it effortlessly
To meet you halfway

I will reinvent the smiles of tomorrow
I'll make them into bouquets
I'll make them into garlands
We will empty our glasses
We will shake hands
All that's left for you
Is to place the order

If you buy me a drink
Whether I'm very thirsty or not
I will look at you as one looks at a brother
A bit like Christ
At his last supper
Like him, I will say
Of primary truth
We must know how to love each other
Despite the face we have
Never judge the good or the scoundrel

If you buy me a drink
I won't hold it against you
For being nothing at all
I'm nothing of value

If you buy me a drink
We'll go all the way
You'll be my friend at least for a few seconds
We will remake the world
Wobbly but gentle
Happy to discover
If the earth is round
We are also at war
That we get along well
You're looking in the crowd
For a voice that responds
So buy your drink
And I'll like you
We will be the cuckolds
The happiest in the world

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