Jennings Waylon He Went To Paris Lyrics

He Went To Paris Lyrics

Verse 1:

 He went to Paris lookin' for answers to questions 

 That bothered him so	

 He was impressive, young and agressive

 Savin' the world on his own

 Warm summer breezes, French wine and cheeses 

 Put his ambition at bay

 The summers and winters scattered like splinters

 And four or five years slipped away

 

 Verse 2:

 He went to England, played the piano, and married

 An actress named Kim	

 They had a good life, she was a good wife 

 And bore him a young son named Jim

 All of the answers and all of the questions

 He locked in his attic one day	

 'Cause he liked the quiet clean country livin'

 And twenty more years slipped away

 

 Verse 3:

 War took his baby,

 Bombs killed his lady and left him

 With only one eye	

 His body was battered, his whole world was shatteredD                      


 All he could do was just cry

 While the tears were fallin' he was recallin'

 Answers that he never found

 So he hopped in a freighter, skidded the ocean

 And left England without a sound

 

 Verse 4:

 Now he lives in the islands, fishes the pilin' and drinks

 His Green label each day	

 Writing his memoirs, losin' his hearin'

 But he don't care what most people say

 After eighty-six years of perpetual motion

 If he likes you he'll smile and say

 "Jimmy, some of it's magic, probably tragic,

 But I had a good life all the way"

 He went to Paris lookin' for answers to questions

 That bothered him so