A Country Girl In Paris Lyrics - John Denver

A country girl in Paris, moonlight on the Seine 

Memories of Tennessee, Nashville in the rain 

It's such a contradiction, a heart that's filled with pain 

A country girl in Paris, dreamin' Nashville in the rain 

She walks along the boulevard, Champs Alyse 

Thinks about a country boy three thousand miles away 

Pride is such a hard thing, it's such a price to pay 

To be all alone in Paris with true love so far away 

Up upon Mont. Martre when she stops to rest awhile 

All the artists look at her and they long to paint her smile 

For even in her sorrow there's something in her eyes 

That makes the young men jealous, makes the old men sigh 

They say the loss of innocence is always linked to pain 

For once the heart is opened nothing ever is the same 

And so the evening lends itself to lovers and romance 

The way to heal a broken heart is to give true love 

One more chance 

A country girl in Paris, moonlight on the Seine 

Memories of Tennessee, Nashville in the rain 

It's such a contradiction, a heart that's filled with pain 

A country girl in Paris, dreamin' Nashville in the rain 

A country girl in Paris, longing for Nashville in the rain 

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