(BLAIR DALY / GORDIE SAMPSON / TROY VERGES)
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Recorded on March 6, 2004
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THE TRAIN PULLED INTO PARIS LIKE A ROCKET TO THE MOON
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THE STATION’S LIKE A CIRCUS EVERY FACE IS A CARTOON
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EVERYBODY’S STONED ON PRIDE AND DRUNK ON CHEAP CHAMPAGNE
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TONIGHT THIS JOIE DE VIVRE SURE DON’T LIVE UP TO ITS NAME
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AND NOW ALL THAT I CAN SAY
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CHORUS:
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IS I’D GIVE THIS WORLD TO YOU
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EVERY ROCK AND EVERY STONE EVERY MASTERPIECE IN ROME
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AND IF YOU ASKED ME TO
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I’D STEAL THE MONA LISA, TEAR IT UP IN LITTLE PIECES
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AND LAY THEM AT YOUR FEET
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FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE
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BUT TONIGHT I CAN’T GIVE YOU PARIS
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ARISTOCRATS ARE EVERYWHERE
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AND THE AIR’S AS THICK AS THIEVES
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SHE’D LIKE NOTHING BETTER THAN TO STEAL THE BREATH FROM ME
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THE TOWER’S LIGHTS AIN’T SHININ’ AS IT HANGS ITS HEAD IN SHAME
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AT THE SIGHT OF AMERICAN BLOOD ON THE STREETS OF ST. GERMAIN
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WASHIN’ UP INTO THE SEINE
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(REPEAT CHORUS)
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AND I’D GIVE THIS WORLD TO YOU
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I’D STEAL THE CROWN AND KINGDOM FROM THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND
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AND IF YOU ASKED ME TO
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I’D TAKE THIS CITY IN MY HANDS, BREAK IT DOWN IN GRAINS OF SAND
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AND LAY THEM AT YOUR FEET
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FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE
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BUT TONIGHT I CAN’T GIVE YOU PARIS
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Paris
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| Faith Hill |
