A country girl in Paris (1988) (video)

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1. A country girl in Paris, moonlight on the Seine,

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memories of Tennessee, Nashville in the rain.

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It's such a contradiction, a heart that's filled with pain,

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a country girl in Paris dreamin' Nashville in the rain.

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2. She walks along the boulevard Champs Elysee,

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thinks about a country boy three thousand miles away.

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Pride is such a hard thing, it's such a price to pay

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to be all alone in Paris with true love so far away.

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+ Up upon Montmartre when she stops to rest a while,

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all the artists look at her and they long to paint her smile.

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For even in her sorrow there's something in her eyes,

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that makes the young men jealous, makes the old men sigh.

+ intrumental = verse 2

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+ They say the loss of innocence is always linked to pain,

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for once the heart is opened, nothing ever is the same.

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And so the evening lends itself to lovers and romance,

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the way to heal a broken heart is to give true love

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just one more chance.

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3. A country girl in Paris, moonlight on the Seine,

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memories of Tennessee, Nashville in the rain.

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It's such a contradiction, a heart that's filled with pain,

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a country girl in Paris dreamin' Nashville in the rain.

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Oh, a country girl in Paris, longing for Nashville in the rain.

(orig. capo 3rd) (John Denver)