La maison bleue

C'est une maison bleue
Adossée à la colline
On y vient à pied, on ne frappe pas
Ceux qui vivent là, ont jeté la clé
On se retrouve ensemble
Après des années de route
Et l'on vient s'asseoir autour du repas
Tout le monde est là, à cinq heures du soir
San Francisco s'embrume
San Francisco s'allume
San Francisco, ...

From the 1972 song, San Francisco, performed by Maxime Leforestier.

Everybody has heard about this house in France. (Everybody knows the song)
I knew about it before I set foot in the city but I had always assumed it was fictional. It is not.

Last year, some kind of 'official' thing went on. The singer was supposed to come by and sang. The house, that had turned a different color was repainted blue for the occasion and a sign is now on its wall...

Few American cities have their French song : San Francisco and New york are among the happy few to have theirs!