Ellis Paul - Paris In A Day Lyrics
We were drunk fools in paris, stumbling on the sidewalkThat runs along the seine, and on the cathedralAll the gargoyles watched us laughing,Two stupid americans...We were at the mercy of this passionate waiterWho pulled the corks at the osterasis cafeHe kept serving us wine we hadnt orderedThen he blamed us for the weather,It was cold and rainy -But we raised a glass up to him anywayWe did paris in a day,What would marie antionette say?We made a vow on the champs elyseesThat nothing would come between usThe mona lisa, I said, she smiles just like she knows meYou said, shes a woman with nothing to lose -She gathers a crowd around her, then sheFlirts with perfect strangers, but shellNever take a lover in the louvre -She will never take a lover in the louvre...We did paris in a dayWhat would quasimodo say?Would he stand on top of notre dameAnd throw down tourists to us?A thousand stairs up the pompadouWe were gasping at the viewIf we tried for jim morrisons gravesite tooWed probably have to find a tour busAnd man, how do we find a tour busWithout finding another dayWe took the m across the seineAnd headed for the eiffel towerAnd there the street merchantsCalled us out by nameCool shades here for the americansThey said in their finest hipster englishAnd then they told us, every yankee looks the sameI said, is it the camera case, or our american grace?They said,You all just look the same...We lit a candle for a ghost in the notre dame cathedralWe got lost on the left bank looking for a place in which to stayWhen we told the waiter there what we had done, he said,Only an american would attempt paris in a day...Only an american would do paris in a day...We did paris in a dayWhat would marcel marceau say?We put up our feet at the fountain cafeAnd toasted the bond between usWe drank sherry with an englishmanWe caught up like long lost friendsUnder the arc we watched the sunset endAnd laughed at the miles that had passed beneath usThe miles that passed beneath usYou said, thats kilometres, babyBut I wouldnt let it come between usNothing will come between usNothing will come between us...
