Lyrics

[MARINETTI] Right here, ici, life is sweet We don't have much but enough to eat Keep the butter on ice for the flaky pastry That makes the other nations green with envy [MARINETTI, ENSEMBLE] Ah-ha (Ah-ha), ah-ha (Ah-ha), ah-ah (Ah-ha), ah-ha (Ah-ha) Ah-ha (Ah-ha), ah-ha (Ah-ha) [MARINETTI] We've come through the Great War And now that's done There will never be another one That's what they told you when you lost your son [MARINETTI, ENSEMBLE] Woah-oh (Oh-oh), oh-oh (Oh-oh), oh-oh (Oh-oh), oh-oh (Oh-oh) [MARINETTI] There's a stock market crash across the sea C'est dommage, une tragédie But that won't affect us, here in Pari Pari will always be Pari Right? Pari will always be Pari [ART DEALER, spoken] Yes, I see what you mean. More work like this [TAMARA, spoken] I've got more [ART DEALER, spoken] Then I can fit her in early next year [TAMARA, spoken] I heard there's an opening next month [ART DEALER, spoken] You'd need thirty pieces [TAMARA, spoken] I've got thirty pieces [BARON, spoken] You do? [TAMARA, spoken] I will [MARINETTI] There's a controversy heard 'round the world Concerning women and girls Is it too high, the new hemline? The latest hat, let go, that's mine! [MARINETTI] We've come through the great war And now that's done There will never be another one That's the reason your husband's gone [MARINETTI, ENSEMBLE] Woah-oh (Oh-oh), oh-oh (Oh-oh), oh-oh (Oh-oh), oh-oh (Oh-oh) [MARINETTI] There's a fire in the Reichstag in Germany C'est dommage, une tragédie But that won't affect us, here in Pari Pari will always be Pari Pari will always be Pari [TAMARA] Paintings can be turned to money Money can be turned to jewelry In case we have to leave in the middle of the night In case, in case, in case, in case Paintings can be turned to money Pigment can be turned to jewelry Paint will never sleep in the middle of the night Cobalt, viridian, cocaine, valerian Paintings can be turned to money- [KIZETTE, spoken] Chérie, coffee [TAMARA] Money can- ah, Kizette, merci In case we have to leave in the middle of the night Time for bed now [KIZETTE, spoken] I'm not a baby [TAMARA] Paintings can- [KIZETTE, spoken] Chérie, coffee [BARONESS, spoken] What about Germany? [TAMARA] Money, Kizette, merci [BARON, spoken] Just a little unrest [TAMARA] Middle of the night Where's your father? [KIZETTE, spoken] He's out with a lady [TAMARA] Paintings- [KIZETTE, spoken] Chérie, coffee [BARONESS, spoken] Germany? [TAMARA] Money [BARON, spoken] Just a little unrest [BARONESS, spoken] What about Hitler? [TAMARA] Middle of the night [BARON, spoken] He's a joke [BARONESS, spoken] That joke got elected [RAFAELA, spoken] You're late [TAMARA, spoken] Couldn't get away [RAFAELA, spoken] I'm drunk [TAMARA, spoken] Good God, the way you smell. You make me dizzy, just the scent of your skin. I've missed you [RAFAELA, spoken] Sweet talk [TAMARA] You make me weak [RAFAELA] I make you strong [TAMARA & RAFAELA] Breathing closer 'til the dawn [MARINETTI, spoken] The new woman is taking over Paris. She's driving an automobile. She's wearing pants. She even wants to vote. And now the new woman has her own painter [ENSEMBLE] Our time [MARINETTI, spoken] Tamara de Lempicka finds inspiration in the women she sees daily in Paris [ENSEMBLE] Our time [MARINETTI, spoken] Women with hard edges and intoxicating curves [ENSEMBLE] Our time [MARINETTI, spoken] Her first solo show opening tonight's a place to see and be seen [ENSEMBLE] Woah-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh [TAMARA] Woman is plane, lines, form [ENSEMBLE] Our time [TAMARA] Woman is plane, color, light Woman is speed, shattered [ENSEMBLE] Our time [TAMARA] Woman is [ART DEALER, spoken] Beautiful [ENSEMBLE] Our time [MARINETTI] We've come through the Great War Those days are done There can never be another one An endless peace now, under the sun Woah [TAMARA, TAMARA & ENSEMBLE] Paintings must be turned to money Money must be- [MARINETTI] And they're building tanks in the factories C'est dommage, une tragédie But that won't affect us here in Pari And Pari will always be [MARINETTI & ENSEMBLE] Pari will always be Pari will always be [MARINETTI] Pari