(You Left) Paris In My Car
The SubTles in 2007
Listen to an MP3 of "Paris In My Car " on this web site
Recorded live in one take in January 2008 with "The SubTles" featuring, in addition to my Vocal & Rhythm Acoustic Guitar, Cliff Coates on Bass & Dirk Forsdyke on drums
Lyrics
© Project Freeman Music (1990) Based on an idea by Bob Coleman
I gave you scent, but you just sent me round the bend
My aim in life, was to be more than just a friend
My heart was racing, I was chasing you away
Your Sunday driving put the brakes on yesterday
Just when I thought that you were driving me too far
You left Paris in my car
Road works are hell when you think you're on your way home
The road works well, if you can just leave it alone
I missed your signals, I thought we were doing fine
I got my ticket, we were parked on yellow lines
Your light was red, my light was green, I went to far
And you left Paris in my car
We seemed to get stuck in first gear
And you turned off and disappeared
You've lost your way, you've got no map, you won't get far
Since you left Paris in my Car
When I look back I'm glad you drove off when you did
I've bought a car, it only cost me ninety quid
It may not be the fancy vision of your dreams
But the lady driver makes me happy, so it seems
It's how you drive, keeps you alive, be who you are
And don't leave Paris in your car
You left Paris in my Car
You left Paris in my Car
The Story of 'Paris In My Car'
This was one of the first full songs I ever wrote.
I've always been inspired by good titles and one day my mate Cliff told me about an idea his mate Bob had had, about writing a song based on a play on words about the perfume "Paris"
The idea was that he would break up with this girl and she would leave the scent of her perfume lingering in his car, which would remind him of her every time he got in the bloody thing
So I went off and wrote all these words playing on that theme, with loads of road/car references. That was sometime around 1990...
Then, years later at one of the 'SubTles' sessions in Jan 2008 we decided to do a spoof version with the vocals in an "Allo Allo" fake accent
This was knocked out in one live take, and whilst the vocal could of course be sung better, the spirit of the thing is what we loved most, and it really suited the whole 'SubTles' tongue in cheek approach
(and cheers to Bob Coleman for the original idea)
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© Project Freeman Music (2008-2011)