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Nouvelle Vague

from When I Still Smoked by Song and Dance Men

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lyrics

It seems that you're awful smart
You know your books and your art
We're quite impressed, very well done

A handsome drunk in the snow
Now it's out with the old
Paris nous appartient !

For what it's worth comes a time
To star the strangest people
Some of us can't wait in line
And never make a ripple

Her hair was pure art-deco
Her life told in twelve tableaux
Stolen moments in the dark

Hiding away from the law
Bogey betrayed by Bacall
Not very gentle of her part

I never thought I'd join the line
Behind so many people
I thought that I would be alright
If I just learned to whistle
Ain't that smart ?

A shining star who's lost the plot
Then jump-cut to oblivion
A long continuous tracking shot
Of a parked abandoned limo

I looked behind my back
Slowly breathed in a bag
And found out I was on my own

You drink it straight from the bottle
The easiest way to swallow
The daily boredom you take home

I jumped off of a dream
When my high school bell screamed
And counted all four hundred blows

Now that's the full extension
Of my higher education
Stolen kisses in a foreign tongue

I met the boys in the band
And got as high as a steeple
I sketched a briliant masterplan
Then tossed it out the window

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from When I Still Smoked, released October 2, 2015
Words and Music by Henry da Rocha
Arranged by Song and Dance Men

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