Night Train to Paris

Lyrics

[Verse 1] All that is open is the window I hold out my hand to the rain The tracks are glistening in shadow The ties, the steel, and the train Stand in the cold at the station Though it really isn't you at all The snare of infatuation On the desperate ledge of a fall [Chorus] Take the night train to Paris Hoping to escape all the rules Take the night train to Paris You hopelessly romantic fool [Verse 2] Oftentimes love is a pageant Of kings and queens and of pawns More often love it seems stagnant The subject of tedious yawns Now the theatre, the alleys of vision The characters all waiting to strike Collectors of garbage and wisdom Who catalogue all that is not right [Chorus] Take the night train to Paris Hoping to escape all the rules Take the night train to Paris You hopelessly romantic fool [Verse 3] I waited for the cafes to open I watched pigeons peck in the rain That endless rain of confusion The cat in my lap did the same I hated to disturb her slumber Sleeping so peacefully through the night The unfinished letter lay crumpled An unfinished heart has its price [Chorus] Take the night train to Paris Hoping to escape all the rules Take the night train to Paris You hopelessly romantic fool