Apollinaire Lyrics - Singles - Les Sans Culottes

From Saint-Germain-des-Pres 

To Place Edgar Quinet 

Un flaneur supercool 

Un boulevardier 

Born in Rome, near the Spanish Stairs 

A guy called Guy, Guy Apollinaire 

A nom de plume, a nom de guerre 

For nursing poetry like an au pair 

A guy named Guy Apollinaire 

Apollinaire 

From Montmartre to Parnasse 

The most obscure of his deeds 

Had a tremendous purpose 

Mastered the rules of rhyme and meter 

At life's banquet he was a big eater 

From Saint-Germain-des-Pres 

To Place Edgar Quinet 

Un flaneur supercool, un boulevardier 

Led the avant garde from the top of Montmartre 

Part Baudelaire, part Warhol superstar 

Said he spirited Mona Lisa from the Louvre 

But the writer of 'Alcools' was a spirits lover 

Lived in the zone of pure desire 

The great French language versifier