Paris In A Day Lyrics - Ellis Paul

We were drunk fools in paris, stumbling on the sidewalk 

That runs along the seine, and on the cathedral 

All the gargoyles watched us laughing, 

"two stupid americans..." 

We were at the mercy of this passionate waiter 

Who pulled the corks at the osterasis cafe 

He kept serving us wine we hadn't ordered 

Then he blamed us for the weather, 

It was cold and rainy - 

But we raised a glass up to him anyway 

We did paris in a day, 

What would marie antionette say? 

We made a vow on the champs elysees 

That nothing would come between us 

The mona lisa, I said, "she smiles just like she knows me" 

You said, "she's a woman with nothing to lose - 

She gathers a crowd around her, then she 

Flirts with perfect strangers, but she'll 

Never take a lover in the louvre - 

She will never take a lover in the louvre..." 

We did paris in a day 

What would quasimodo say? 

Would he stand on top of notre dame 

And throw down tourists to us? 

A thousand stairs up the pompadou 

We were gasping at the view 

If we tried for jim morrison's gravesite too 

We'd probably have to find a tour bus 

And man, how do we find a tour bus 

Without finding another day 

We took the m across the seine 

And headed for the eiffel tower 

And there the street merchants 

Called us out by name 

"cool shades here for the americans" 

They said in their finest hipster english 

And then they told us, "every yankee looks the same" 

I 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 cathedral 

We got lost on the left bank looking for a place in which to stay 

When 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 day 

What would marcel marceau say? 

We put up our feet at the fountain cafe 

And toasted the bond between us 

We drank sherry with an englishman 

We caught up like long lost friends 

Under the arc we watched the sunset end 

And laughed at the miles that had passed beneath us 

The miles that passed beneath us 

You said, "that's kilometres, baby" 

But I wouldn't let it come between us 

Nothing will come between us 

Nothing will come between us...