The most beautiful song EVER
Paris is such a gorgeous song. I listened to the songwriters version (Gordie Sampson) a few months ago when i read that Faith was going to put it on the album. But now hearing her version, OMG. it melts me.
it's very cool too, cause it appears to be just a simple love song...but it's actually about the songwriter taking a train to Paris and visiting and he got jumped, mugged, and hospitalized while he was there. Brutal!
PARIS (http://www.warnerreprise.com/asx/faithhill_parisaudio_128-a.asx)
the train pulled into Paris
like a rocket to the moon
the station's like a circus
every face is a cartoon
everybody's stoned on pride
and drunk on cheap champagne
tonight this "joie de vivre"
sure don't live up to it's name
now all that i can say
Is i'd give this world to you
every rock in every stone
every masterpiece in Rome
and if you ask me to
i'd steal the Mona Lisa
tear it up in little pieces
and lay them at your feet
for all the world to see...
but tonight I can't give you Paris...
aristocrats are everywhere
and the air is thick as theives
she'd like nothing better than
to steal the breath from me
the towers lights ain't shining
as it hangs its head in shame
at the sight of american blood
on the streets of Saint Germain
washing up into the Seine
and i'd give this world to you
every rock in every stone
every masterpiece in Rome
and if you ask you me to
i'd steal the Mona Lisa
tear it up in little pieces
and lay them at your feet
for all the world to see
but tonight I can't give you Paris...
and i'd give this world to you
i'd steal the crown and kingdom
from the Queen of England
and if you ask me to
i'd take the city in my hands
break it down in grains of sand
and lay them at your feet
for all the world to see...
but i tonight I can't give you Paris...
it's very cool too, cause it appears to be just a simple love song...but it's actually about the songwriter taking a train to Paris and visiting and he got jumped, mugged, and hospitalized while he was there. Brutal!
PARIS (http://www.warnerreprise.com/asx/faithhill_parisaudio_128-a.asx)
the train pulled into Paris
like a rocket to the moon
the station's like a circus
every face is a cartoon
everybody's stoned on pride
and drunk on cheap champagne
tonight this "joie de vivre"
sure don't live up to it's name
now all that i can say
Is i'd give this world to you
every rock in every stone
every masterpiece in Rome
and if you ask me to
i'd steal the Mona Lisa
tear it up in little pieces
and lay them at your feet
for all the world to see...
but tonight I can't give you Paris...
aristocrats are everywhere
and the air is thick as theives
she'd like nothing better than
to steal the breath from me
the towers lights ain't shining
as it hangs its head in shame
at the sight of american blood
on the streets of Saint Germain
washing up into the Seine
and i'd give this world to you
every rock in every stone
every masterpiece in Rome
and if you ask you me to
i'd steal the Mona Lisa
tear it up in little pieces
and lay them at your feet
for all the world to see
but tonight I can't give you Paris...
and i'd give this world to you
i'd steal the crown and kingdom
from the Queen of England
and if you ask me to
i'd take the city in my hands
break it down in grains of sand
and lay them at your feet
for all the world to see...
but i tonight I can't give you Paris...