Paris In A Day - Ellis Paul

We were drunk fools in Paris, stumbling on the sidewalk 
that runs along the Seine, and on the Cathedral 
all the gargoyles watched us laughing,
"Two stupid Americans..." 
We were at the mercy of this passionate waiter 
who pulled the corks at the Osterasis Cafe 
he kept serving us wine we hadn't ordered 
then he blamed us for the weather,
it was cold and rainy -
but we raised a glass up to him anyway 

We did Paris in a day,
what would Marie Antionette say?
We made a vow on the Champs Elysees 
that nothing would come between us 

The Mona Lisa, I said, "She smiles just like she knows me"
you said, "She's a woman with nothing to lose -
She gathers a crowd around her, then she 
flirts with perfect strangers, but she'll 
never take a lover in the Louvre -
she will never take a lover in the Louvre..." 

We did Paris in a Day 
what would Quasimodo say?
Would he stand on top of Notre Dame 
and throw down tourists to us?
a thousand stairs up the Pompadou 
we were gasping at the view 
if we tried for Jim Morrison's gravesite too 
we'd probably have to find a tour bus 
and man, how do we find a tour bus 
without finding another day 

We took the M across the Seine 
and headed for the Eiffel tower 
and there the street merchants 
called us out by name 
"Cool shades here for the Americans"
They said in their finest hipster English 
and then they told us, "Every Yankee looks the same"
I said, "Is it the camera case, or our American grace?"
They said,
"You all just look the same..." 

We lit a candle for a ghost in the Notre Dame Cathedral 
We got lost on the Left Bank looking for a place in which to stay 
when we told the waiter there what we had done, he said,
"Only an American would attempt Paris in a day...
Only an American would do Paris in a day..." 

We did Paris in a day 
what would Marcel