Dave's True Story - Rue de Lappe lyrics

On a dark Parisian street Where all the smart Parisians meet I hear a favorite hometown beat My feet give in I start to spin I can't make out a word they sing But it's the most amusing thing To watch those French kids try to swing On the Rue de Lappe Oh how they hate us How they negate us in the press Well let them negate us There's no debate 'Cause they can't do what we do best Watch them gawk and watch them glare As I float by like Fred Astaire Bound for some strange pied-à-terre On the Rue de Lappe They'll an*lyze us And they'll despise till they're blue Well let them despise us That's no surprise 'Cause they can't dance the way we do So hit me with that East Coast jive How sweet it is to be alive Lafayette we have arrived On the Rue de Lappe On the Rue de Lappe On the Rue de Lappe