THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS
du film Lady, Be Good
Paroles: Oscar Hammerstein
II
Musique: Jerome Kern
1941
Interprète:
A lady known as Paris, romantic and
charming
Has left her old companions and faded from
view
Lonely men with lonely eyes are seeking her
in vain
Her streets are where they were, but
there's no sign of her
She has left the Seine:
Refrain:
The last time I saw Paris, her heart was
warm and gay,
The last time I saw Paris, her trees were
dressed for spring,
And lovers walked beneath those trees and
birds found songs to sing.
I dodged the same old taxicabs that I had
dodged for years,
The chorus of their squeaky horns was music
to my ears.
The last time I saw Paris, her heart was
warm and gay,
No matter how they change her, I'll
remember her that way.
I'll think of happy hours, and people who
shared them
Old women, selling flowers, in markets at
dawn
Children who applauded, Punch and Judy in
the park
And those who danced at night and kept our Paris
bright
'til the town went dark:
Au refrain