Standin' on the corner Of Toulouse and Dauphine Waitin' on Marie-Ondine I'm tryin' to place a tune Under a Louisiana moonbeam On the planet of New Orleans In a bar they call The Saturn And in her eyes of green And somethin' that she said in a dream

You are beautiful, you are beautiful, More than you could realize Stand for them all You don't even have to try, My mother told me, She said andy, My sisters, my daughters and wives, Girls, you will learn are not a shining light

Les cadors on les retrouve aux belles places, nickel Les autres, c'est Saint-Maur, Châteauroux Palace, plus de ciel Et pourtant Des mains font des vers à lire D'autres des revolvers qui tirent Le monde voit le monde en riant On aime le sud et le gel On

Make them stop La da da da, la da da dau, la da da da, la da dau I'm holding on to what I know And what I know, I must let go But I would rather play a song for the eyes to sing along We live for the night's decor It reveals what we dream of I know

Juste l'histoire d'y voir Et voir d'autres pays M'enfuir loin d'ici Vers d'autres paradis J'me vois chasseur d'ivoire Plus clair dans mes pensées Couleur d'ébène Chasser mes troubles, chasser mes peines À la place des filles féroces M'évader ici

I'll give her melodies Oh, my mama She gave me these feathered breaths Oh, the mamas I'll be a mama I'll have a daughter She told me "use your voice My little bird"

I'm single for the suh uh uh single for the summer Kissing in the daylight Blame it on the bikinis, party girls, and martinis and the sunshine Private school daughters that never go underwater keeping their hair just right I know in September, I'm gonna

The waters turn The hardships we endure You ain't the only son Or forgotten daughter Yet I keep on running And I won't look back The waters rise You never know just where they're at We have drowned in blackened waters

Small town, bright lights, saturday night, Pinballs and pool halls flashing their lights. Making change behind the counter in a penny arcade Sat the fat girl daughter of virginia and ray Lydia hid her thoughts like a cat Behind her small eyes sunk deep

Roll me over next to the wall You and I in the bed might lie And you and I in a bed might lie A noblemen's fair daughter Came down a narrow lane. And met with Captain Wedderburn, The keeper of the game Now my pretty fair miss If it wasn't for the law,