This room is so dark and so long is the night,
The wind is howling past the open sea
And I feel lost in the rain, I feel lost in the dark
I’m a thousand miles from where I’d like to be.
The thought of yesterday just seems so unreal
The photo in itself a mere cliché
A love that once was true will never fully fade away.
Should cities slowly crumble into dust
And empires be wiped from this world
You will forever be my Parisian girl.
Yes you will forever be my Parisian Girl
And you still wear that coat as red as the flames
And your eyes as green as Irelands greenest hills
You’re an artist, you know, it all comes back to me now
When I lie awake, I think about you still.
It’s a funny old story with feelings you know
With the good ones, just like with those that you regret
You can well lock them away, but you never can forget.
I wonder if we learn from our mistakes
Or get wiser with each truth we unfurl
You will forever be my Parisian girl.
Yes you will forever be my Parisian Girl
So do I miss you? And I kind of love you, I guess
I admit this, at least sometimes to be true
As nights like this I realize as the wind howls and blinds my eyes
When I cannot wear my disguise or smile as I tell pretty lies
There always will be Paris and there always will be you.
Music & Lyrics by John Allen.