The Last Time I Saw Paris Lyrics - Singles - Noël Coward

A lady known as Paris, Romantic and Charming 

Has left her old companions and faded from view 

Lonely men with lonely eyes are seeking her in vain 

Her streets are where they were, but there's no sign of her 

She has left the Seine 

The last time I saw Paris, her heart was warm and gay, 

I heard the laughter of her heart in every street caf‚ 

The last time I saw Paris, her trees were dressed for spring, 

And lovers walked beneath those trees and birds found songs to sing. 

I dodged the same old taxicabs that I had dodged for years. 

The chorus of their squeaky horns was music to my ears. 

The last time I saw Paris, her heart was warm and gay, 

No matter how they change her, I'll remember her that way. 

I'll think of happy hours, and people who shared them 

Old women, selling flowers, in markets at dawn 

Children who applauded, Punch and Judy in the park 

And those who danced at night and kept our Paris bright 

'til the town went dark.