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Ran Away To Paris - By MC Eric B
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The alarm clock rings
and I start a new day
another piece of my soul
slowly wasting away

Are we just drones and robots
cogs in a giant machine
fueled by money and power
Twinkie snacks and caffeine?

Sometimes I stand on a cliff
just to feel the buzz
and tell little white lies
well, just because

Gotta get me a fix
a mental morphine drip
take me far away
on a spiritual trip

If you win the rat race
you're still a rat
just a bug on a windshield
about to go splat

How'd our dreams get lost?
When did we start losing hope?
is settling into a routine
simply a way to cope?

Chorus
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What if we ran away to Paris?
Took a chance and start our lives anew
get rid of all our worries and our problems
and strip things right down to me and you

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At a cafe we would dine
overlooking the River Seine
watching the sun rise and set
over and over again

Inhaling all of the beauty
the famed architectural sites
we'd get lost in the magic
of the City of Lights

Like the journeys before us
by Hemingway and van Gogh
forever changed by a culture
of Brie and Bordeaux

The amazing art of the Louvre
Rembrandt, Picasso, Matisse
The mysterious code of da Vinci
a quest for inner peace

Under the Eiffel Tower
or that cathedral Notre Dame
we'd go to read and enjoy
the tranquility and calm

So step off the edge
break out of your safety zone
and grab ahold of my hand
leap towards the future unknown

Chorus
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What if we ran away to Paris?
Took a chance and start our lives anew
get rid of all our worries and our problems
and strip things right down to me and you

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Let's run away to Paris
go on a trip to France
live together forever
in that city of romance

I know we can make it
deep inside my heart
all we need is each other
and a brand new start

[song fades to end]

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Run Away to Paris
By Monte Carlo

--> credit for verse 2 to tarlatan of 43things


The streets are soaked in fog
The night has come and gone
And elation,
at this hour
O how you swept me away
Like Paris in the spring time sun
And now that I have just met you

Let's get on the plane (On prend l'avion)
And fly away (Oui, j'irai avec toi)
Across the sea (J'adore Paris au printemps)
Just you and me (Alors, On y va)

You're always enchante
You're always on you way
Always about to run away
Always about to run away
Always about to run ---
Ooo la la

It's been my perpetual dream
Walking down Parisian streets
Sleeping in parks
A dream so vivid
It feels like cold rain on my skin
Smells like lipstick and wet grass
Though I dream and dream
It never lasts

Across the sea (On traverse la mer)
Just you and me (Juste toi et moi)
Let's run away (On va `a Paris)
To Paris (On y va)

You're always enchante
You're always on you way
Always about to run away
Always about to run away
Always about to run ---
Ooo la la

Let's run away
Let's run away
Let's run away
Let's run away

martyr - I just want to make sure you know that the song title for this week is "Ran Away To Paris" not "Run Away To Paris", which is the title of your song.

Ok, please apply this diff to the title and 2nd chorus:

1c1
> Run Away to Paris
---
> Ran Away to Paris
38c38
< Let's run away (On va `a Paris)
---
> We ran away (On va `a Paris)

Ran Away to Paris: the Iliad from Menelaus' point of view.

alone with the ghost
of your face in my head
I'm an island swallowed into the ocean
the sorrow of losing you
tightened to rage when I
learned that you willingly went with the trojans

fuck you, Paris

you ran away to paris
you ran away to paris...


I let you in my walls
I let you underneath my skin
like a clever trap in waiting you
destroyed me from within
Achilles might bring
hundreds to their death but you are worse
cities fall in ruin and
your love becomes a curse

you ran away to Paris (I need you back)
you ran away to Paris (I need you bad)...

original...i like it.