(Joni Mitchell and David Crosby)
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[Intro. (Acoustic Guitar)]
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He met her in a French cafe
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She slipped in sideways like a cat
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Sidelong glances what a wary little stray
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She sticks in his mind like that
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Saying "Avez-vous une allumette?"
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With her lips wrapped around a cigarette
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Yvette in English saying "Please have this
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Little bit of instant bliss"
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He's struggling with a foreign tongue
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Reaching for words and drawing blanks
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A loud mouth is stricken deaf and dumb
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In a bistro on the left bank
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"If I were a painter" Picasso said
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"I'd paint this girl from toe to head"
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Yvette in English saying "Please have this
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Little bit of instant bliss"
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Burgundy nocturne tips and spills
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They move along nicely in the spreading stain
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New chills new thrills for the old uphill battle
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How did he wind up here again
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Walking, talking, touched and scared
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Uninsulated wires bared
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Yvette in English going "Please have this
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Little bit of instant bliss", mmm
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[Instrumental (Acoustic Guitar)]
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What blew her like a leaf this way
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Up in the air and down to earth
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First she flusters then she frays
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So quick to question her own worth
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Her cigarette burns her fingertips
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It falls like fireworks she curses it
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Sweetly in English she says "Please have this
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Little bit of instant bliss", mmm...
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He sees her turn and walk away
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Skittering like a cat on a stone
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High heels clicking what a wary little stray
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She leaves him by the seine alone
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With black water and amber lights
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A boney bridge between left and right
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Yvette in English saying "Please have this
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Little bit of instant bliss"
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[Ending (Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar and Synth)]
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Yvette In English
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David Crosby |