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 and
every stone
Every masterpiece
in Rome
And if you asked 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 thieves
She'd like
nothin' better
than to steal the
breathe from me
The tower's lights
ain't shinin'
as it hangs
it's head in shame
At the sight of
American blood on
the streets of St. Germain
Washin' up into the Seine
And I'd give this
world to you
Every rock and
every stone
Every masterpiece
in Rome
And if you asked 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 asked 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 tonight
I can't give you Paris