This dark song from his later years (1968) Brel considered his finest lyric, the most like "real" French poetry. It's a study of the quiet desperation of stagnant small Belgian town, the frustrations of its gloomy petit bourgeoisie, finally its wish to be a port, bustling and full of life and activity. Brel almost motionless in white against a dark background makes a stark video image. This is the only song where he used an ethereal female chorus to create an other wordly effect.

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