He Went To Paris Lyrics - Red And Rio Grande/deep Thoughts From A Shallow Mind - Doug Supernaw

He went to Paris looking for answers 

To the questions that bothered him so 

He was impressive, young and aggressive 

Saving the world on his own 

The warm summer breezes and French wine and cheeses 

Put his ambitions at bay 

Summers and winters scattered like splinters 

And four to five years slipped away 

He went to England, played the piano 

And married an actress named Kim 

They had a good life, she was a fine wife 

And bore him a young son named Jim 

All of the answers to most of the questions 

Locked in his attic some day 

But he liked the quiet clean country living 

And twenty more years skipped away 

The war took his baby, the bombs killed his lady 

And left him with only one eye 

His body was battered, his whole world was shattered 

And all he could do was just cry 

While the tears were falling 

He was recalling the answers that he never found 

Hopped on a freighter, skated the ocean 

And left England without a sound 

Now he lives in the islands, fishes the pilings 

And drinking his Green Label each day 

Writing his memories, losing his hearing 

But he don't care what most people say 

After 86 years of perpetual motion 

If he likes you he'll smile and say 

Some of it's magic, some of it's tragic 

But I had a good life all the way 

He went to Paris looking for answers 

To the questions that bothered him so