The Poor People Of Paris

THE POOR PEOPLE OF PARIS
(Jean’s Song)
W: Rene Rouzaud, Jack Lawrence
M: Marguerite Monnot
Les Baxter & His Orchestra
Key: Eb


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Just got back from Par-is France 
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All they do is sing and dance
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All they’ve got there is ro-mance
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What a trag-e-dy
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Ev-‘ry boul-e-vard has lov-ers
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Ev-‘ry lov-er's in a trance
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The poor peo-ple of Pa-ris

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I feel sor-ry for the French
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Ev-‘ry guy has got a wench
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Ev-‘ry cou-ple's got a bench 
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Kiss-ing shame-less-ly
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Night and day they're mak-ing mus-ic 
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While they're mak-ing love in French
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The poor peo-ple of Pa-ris

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Milk or water from a sink
Make a true Parisian shrink
Wine is all he'll ever drink
And it worries me
For with wine as cheap as water 
Oh it makes one stop and think
The poor people of Paris
Sister Madam Pierre
Had the craziest love affair
And the day after they parted there
He cries bitterly
Pierre was there to bid her farewell
But he brought his new girl Claire
The poor people of Paris
So don't go to Paris France
Not unless you like to dance
Not unless you want romance
Like those poor inhabitants of Paris

(spoken) In the meantime, I got to hurry back there
I think I forgot something....