Viva la rock 'n' roll
Paris is the city of the dead hero
Jim Morrison died in a bath
July 3 1971
Viva la rock 'n' roll
Paris is the city of the dead hero
Poor old Jim he wasn't much good for a laugh
and 1970 was a lot of fun.
Qu'est-ce que c'est
What people say
Paris is a wonderful city on forty francs a day
Qu'est-ce que c'est
What people say
Paris is a wonderful city on forty francs a day
Viva la rock 'n' roll
Paris is a city of influence
Arthur Rimbaud spoke to me
through New York's New Wave.
Viva la rock 'n' roll
Paris is a city of influence
Ol' Arthur if he had've known
he would've made a Technicolor film.
Qu'est-ce que c'est
What people say
Paris is a wonderful city on forty francs a day
Qu'est-ce que c'est
What people say
Paris is a wonderful city on forty francs a day
Forty francs a day
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