Discover the story of the song > Gitan – Garou

The protagonist of the song, who refers to himself as a gitan (gypsy), dreams of living free and traveling like a gypsy. He describes his childhood dreams of black sand beaches and wild horses, and how he used to draw the secret paths of the mountains in his notebooks. As he grows older, he learns to play the guitar and starts traveling without any baggage, imagining different landscapes and following the traveling people in their caravans, accompanied by the sound of gypsy violins. The lyrics express his desire to live his life like a gypsy, with music in his blood, and to love only one woman at a time. He declares that he will always be a gitan, and compares his guitars to American ones and his landscapes to vast white spaces, as he continues to live in eternal exile in the concrete jungle of cities. The protagonist wants to live his life as a gypsy, with freedom as his flag and "Without faith or law" as his creed, earning a living by going with the flow of the times. The refrain repeats the desire to live like a gypsy, with music in his blood and love for only one woman at a time.