Madame George Lyrics - Marianne Faithfull

Down the Cyprus Avenue 

With child-like visions leaping into view, 

A clicking clacking of the high-heeled shoes, 

Ford and Fitzroy, Madame Joy, 

Marching with the soldier boy behind 

He's much older now with hat on, drinking wine 

And that smell of sweet perfume comes drifting through 

Early cool night air like Shalimar. 

Outside they're making all the stops 

Kids out in the street collecting bottle tops 

Going for cigarettes and matches in the shops, 

Happy thinking Madame Joy. 

Oh, that's when you fall, 

Oh, that's when you fall, 

Yeah, that's when you fall. 

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When you fall into a trance 

Sitting on a sofa playing games of chance, 

With your folded arms in history books you glance 

Into the eyes of Madame Joy. 

And you think you found the bag, 

You're getting weaker and your knees begin to sag. 

In the corner playing dominoes in drag 

The one and only Madame Joy. 

Outside the frosty window raps 

She jumps up and says, "Lord have mercy, I think that it's the cops." 

And immediately drops everything she gots 

Down into the street below. 

And you know you gotta go 

On that train from Dublin up to Sandy Row 

Throwing pennies at the bridges down below 

In the rain, hail, sleet and snow. 

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Say good-bye to Madame Joy, 

Dry your eye for Madame Joy, 

Wonder why for Madame Joy. 

As you leave the room it's filled with music, 

Laughing music, dancing music all around the room 

And all the little boys come around walking away from it all 

So cool. 

And you're about to leave she jumps and says, "Hey love, 

You forgot your glove." 

And the love to love she loves to love the love 

To love to love she loves to love the love to love 

Say good-bye to Madame Joy, 

Dry your eye for Madame Joy, 

Wonder why for Madame Joy, 

Dry your eye for Madame Joy. 

In the wind and the rain, in the back street, in the back street, 

In the back street, in the back street, in the back street, 

Say good-bye to Madame George. 

Down home in the back street, in the back street, 

Say good-bye, say good-bye to Madame Joy.