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The train pulled into paris like a rocket to the moon
The stationŽs like a circus every face is a cartoon
EverybodyŽs stoned on pride and drunk on cheap champagne
Tonight this joie de vivre sure donŽt live up to its name
And now all that i can say
[Chorus:]
Is iŽd give this world to you
Every rock and every stone every masterpiece in rome
And if you asked me to
IŽd steel the mona lisa, tear it up in little pieces
And lay them at your feet
For all the world to see
But tonight i canŽt give you paris
Aristocrats are everywhere
And the airŽs as thick as thieves
SheŽd like nothing better than to steal the breathe from me
The towerŽs lights ainŽt shininŽ as it hangs its head in shame
At the sight of american blood on the streets of st. germain
WashinŽ up into the seine
[Chorus]
And iŽd give this world to you
IŽd steal the crown and kingdom from the queen of england
And if you asked me to
IŽd take this city in my hands, break it down in grains of sand
And lay them at your feet
For all the world to see
But tonight i canŽt give you paris