The taste of wine and the coffee The cigarette smoke in the air The grace and the mystery The pride and the history Etches on the face of a city so far...la la la
Your cafes and your boulevards The names that roll from the tongue Boulevards St. Germain, Versailles and Montmartre Paris you know that you've stolen my heart...la la la
And the back streets that vie with your beauty I'll hide from my eyes if you can Like the tell-tale marks of childbirth A woman will hide from the eyes of a man...la la la
Oh-Paris I love you, I hate you I cry but you do not grieve For one of your lovers, you've so many others You don't even notice when I leave...la la la