Paris Lyrics - Singles - James Mcmurtry

When you land in Paris and they wave you right through 

Though your passport picture, doesn't look much like you 

They don't look at your luggage, they don't look at your face 

'Cause you pose no danger and you're such a disgrace 

You go out walking down the Champs D'Elysees 

And your spirits are sinking, it can happen that way 

When you do your best Bogart and they don't seem to care 

They walk right down the sidewalk like you ain't even there 

Lookin' in the wrong direction 

Seein' it from the inside out 

The way you couldn't wait for Christmas 

The way you used to twist and shout 

It must be the jet lag, you hope it'll pass 

You check your reflection in the store front glass 

Kinda gray at the temples, kinda goes with the hat 

Kinda round in the middle but it ain't even that 

It's nothing you can see, it's nothing you can smell 

But you pose no danger and man they can tell 

Lookin' in the wrong direction 

Seein' it from the inside out 

The way you couldn't wait for Christmas 

The way you used to twist and shout 

You see it in the mirror in the morning 

You feel it in the middle of the night 

Sleeping with your eyes wide open 

Waking with the shades drawn tight