Paroles

Vers Un
Il était une fois le quatorze juillet
Prise de la Bastille, jour de liberté
Mademoiselle Marie-Antoinette vit dans le meilleur des mondes
Princesse Rose est agitée à Versailles
Et Saint Michel l’observe sans représailles

Vers Deux
Belle princesse, captive de son royaume
Souffre pour les pauvres sous leur toît de chaume
Madame Defarge se moque encore de ce monde de misère
Et Princesse Rose pleure à Versailles
Et Saint Michel lui chante l’espoir de son portail

Pont
Vole, Princesse, vole à la liberté
Écoute la souffrance de la pauvreté
Aide-les et guide-les et nourris-les d’espoir
Tourne ton coeur vers les faibles, montre-leur la danse
Tu es la lanterne de l’obscurité, la musique de l’âme, Princesse Rose

Choeur
Vole Princesse, vole à la liberté
Laisse l’amour de ton cœur rayonner sa clarté
Vole, Princesse, vole à la liberté
Papillon libéré, Princesse Rose, trouve son chemin
Vole, Pincesse, vole à la liberté

Vers Trois
Il était une fois le quatorze juillet
Princesse Rose devient fleur de beauté
Épanouie dans les champs de France, dans le meilleur et le pire des mondes
Et Princesse Rose est le sauveur de Versailles
Et Saint Michel intercède de son portail

Choeur
Verse Quatre
Il était une fois le quatorze juillet
Belle princesse, papillon de liberté
Trouve l’espoir dans les jardins de Giverny, jusqu’à la fin du monde
Et Princesse Rose sera toujours Versailles
Et Saint Michel, fidèle à son gouvernail

Verse 1
The New York city crowd
Began to sing out loud
There were obstacles and barriers and there were
Buildings in the clouds
But the music in the night
Was the A Train to the light
The sound of freedom pouring down was
The chance to win the fight

Bridge 1
And now I say
Excuse me, you’re in my way
And you say
I’d like to go your way

Chorus
So take my hand
And clear the floor
There’ll be no prisoners anymore
The one and only Unrestricted Entity
Is knocking at your door
So catch the wave
And make the score
And find the dream you’re looking for
The one and only Unrestricted Entity
Will make you beg for more

Verse 2
In the wide eyes of a child
Is the innocence of the wild
The wonder and curiosity and
The never ending smile
So let the music in the night
Take you on your freedom flight
To the mountain high in a child’s eye where
The love is burning bright

Bridge 1

Chorus

Bridge 2
The Unrestricted Entity
Is now touring for eternity
But the ride, the song and the rhapsody will be empty without you

Bridge 2

Verse I
Stephanie you see the world as it ought to be
Uncompromising honesty
And love that I once knew
In your eyes I see
The quiet still of my destiny
A peaceful warm serenity
A love I feel for you

Bridge I
In your eyes I am the hero
In your world the man I would be
In your dreams I am the music
In your heart the harmony
And wherever you are and wherever you go
You can be sure
That Stephanie I will live my life
To be the man you’re hoping for

Verse II
Stephanie you’ll always be the very best of me
A guiding light of certainty
And I… I Love You

Bridge II
You give to me your trust and you understand
That I Love You So
Oh my little girl
Remember I’m here
Right by your side
Reach out your hand
And touch the sky

Chorus
Stephanie
I know I will never let you go
I can’t believe the love I see
In your eyes
Stephanie
I know I will never understand
The way you make me feel when I
Touch your hand
Stephanie

Refrain
Stephanie…Hey Hey Hey…I Love You

Verse I
On the 12th of ever on the angel’s western wing
Lady bored with Meritage was hot for the genuine thing
She cleaned afresh her palette and true colors were revealed
And took the Jersey exit for the real multilayered deal

Bridge I
She cultivates his terroir with vintage joie de vivre
Provoking all his senses with her rich and subtle complexity and

Chorus
She gives love like impressionist sun
She opens up strong and finishes long
She gives love like impressionist sun
She bouquets with bright warm intensity
Like impressionist sun

Verse II
On the Cote de Beaune there was a way that had a will
The Montrachet was balanced but the port was a bitter pill
The Madame with the grand cru served us roasted foie canard
And love is never ala carte in maison de Saint Bernard

Bridge I
Chorus
Bridge II
Now she waters lillies in the desert
Now he walks La Havre in the rain
Now they wish upon the nouveau starry starry night
And live forever in the moment of color and light
They heard the people sing and felt the drumbeat
High above the boulevard Raspail
The streets of Saint Germain echoed their heartbeat
Les Deux Magots was their ambience
Lutetia was their renaissance
La Tour Eiffel was rue Saint Michel’s saving grace

Chorus
She bouquets with love
Like impressionist sun

Verse I
Roma in the storm before the calm
When the never ending story had only just begun
There was a man who had won for Italia
The dream of beautiful love

Verse II
But then his fearless people grew afraid
And they could not trust their feelings and take the leap of faith
And so they threw away for six hundred thousand days
The dream of beautiful love

Bridge I
So now they run forever and they’re never going to stop
They’re going to climb up every mountain to the top

Chorus
They’re looking at the love
Looking at the dream
They’re looking at nothing in between
Amore Bellissima is like nothing they’ve ever seen
They’re gonna take the time
And read between the lines
They’re looking at the one in a billion sign
Amore Bellissima is just always on their minds

Verse III
Toscana where they opened up their eyes
And looked into the mirror and painted on the sky
Well reborn so it was in Italia
The dream of beautiful love

Bridge II
Now they live with the promise
They feel the elation because they suffered the pain
They take a Friday evening walk on the Arno River
And kiss on Ponte Vecchio bridge in the pouring rain
And beautiful love completes the chain

Bridge I
Chorus

Verse I
She walks into the restaurant and the in crowd knows her name
She has her miso cod and Far Niente chardonnay
Everybody says hello and she knows just what to say
And then she looks at me and with a smile she takes my breath away

Verse II
You’ll see her in the morning with a child by her side
She’ll stop at every corner and say bonjour to passersby
She is on her way to Leicester Square and I’ve joined her for the ride
And on New Year’s Day at midnight Greenwich time the sun will also rise

Bridge I
I was a little boy before and I was scared to be strong
But you waited there beside me every day
And now that I see clearly it was you all along
There’s one thing that I’d really like to say

Chorus
Love is a Friday afternoon
On the corner of Columbus and Montana Avenues
I was born to drink café mocha with you
On the corner of Columbus and Montana Avenues

Verse III
We walk across the Tower Bridge and she holds her hand in mine
A thousand years of history in a single moment of time
The changing guards at Buckingham are the metaphors tonight
And the sunset over Parliament will be forever in her eyes

Bridge I
The café on the corner is where you’re happy and free
Sharing du chèvre chaud et grand cru Burgundy
And even though Café de Flore is a million miles away
I’m sitting there beside you every day

Chorus

Verse I
On the shore at the corner of Ocean and Bath
There’s a white sandy beach with a green wavy path
At night when it’s quiet and nobody’s near
The man of the ocean will sometimes appear
He’ll climb up the rocks and he’ll tend to his business collecting the fish in his seine
Then he’ll glance up at me in his fisherman’s cap and smile and give me a wave

Chorus
I’m tired and I’m lonely but I’m ready to fight
Cause the man on the jetty will guide me tonight
With his uncanny wisdom I’ll charter my course
With his undaunted courage I’ll carry the torch
The west wind is blowing the little boy’s hair
As the fisherman reels in the cool misty air
The boy is defiant and so proud to be
With the man who takes time to share with him his love for the sea
And gives to him something that lives on forever
So though I am lonely and tired tonight
Well the man on the jetty will make sure I’m ready to fight

Verse II
At dawn, the sun rises his work is complete
He gathers his gear and makes his retreat
In the light I see etched on a rock that is near
“The man of the ocean will always be here”
And he jumps off the sandstone
And starts walking eastward his large shadow cast on the sand
Then he turns back to me with affectionate eyes, waving farewell once again

Chorus

Verse I
Going to the reunion on Columbus day
Try to make it in the passing lane but there were Boomers in the way
Overtaken by the Hummers, Coopers and Caravans
Gotta change directions and make new plans

Bridge
And I live by cellular time blackberry wine silverside dine
But I search for mountains to climb and I climb for the words I need to find

Chorus
So now I’ll raise a glass to my Legendary Mama
Here’s to her legendary love that lives inside of me
I am a legacy of my Legendary Mama
And I believe in the will and the reach of the family tree
And I believe in the hope and the dream that she conceived in me

Verse II
Stand in the buffet line of genealogy
Try to make a reconnection with my extended family
Gonna take it to the limit in the succession game
Gonna trump my losses with solid gains

Bridge

Chorus

Bridge

Chorus

Refrain

Verse I
She is the heart and the rain
She’s a prism of hope, light and pain
She is the Moulin dancer and the still life with bouquet

Verse II
She walks in the grand parade
Does the dance class before the ballet
And sees la joie de vivre with the eyes of Dr. Gachet

Chorus
I saw the heart and the rain
I found the courage to be young again
I found the freedom that I knew
When I heard la musique and the colors changing hue
Soleil levant was still on view
When I saw the heart and the rain within you

Verse III
She is the heart and the rain
She sees her life like the passing train
And her eyes are with her thoughts and they are far away

Verse IV
But the girl with a paradox name
Is the star of the dangerous game
And she’s a composition in color and a candle flame

Bridge
Vitruvian man made it to the promised land
But I’ve been the walking man
And did the landscape in the dark
And La Gioconda smiles ‘cause she understands
For I have been a blind man playing the guitar

Chorus
When I saw the heart and the rain within you
I saw the heart and the rain within you………

Refrain
Rainbow shine your color and light on me and I will be set free

Verse I
Hey Cousin Fran, look what you’ve done
Reached out your hand, and touched someone
You saw the sign, when the others were blind
In the flash of a moment, left the darkness behind
Cousin Fran, look what you’ve done

Chorus
You gotta be on big rock when you do the salt ‘n pepper dine
You gotta try the Rodney spicy mary and the fine ‘bu wine
You gotta see the blue moon shadows dancing on the necklace of the queen
You gotta face it life is just a little better when you’re with Francine

Bridge
Cousin Fran there’s a good reason
It takes four seasons to make the garden grow
A song in the springtime
Sweet summer sunshine
September showtime
And so we want you to know
Cousin Fran
You made a difference, when you raised your hand

Verse II
Hey Cousin Fran, take a good look around
When there was trouble, you stood your ground
You took center stage, and you shouted out loud
With the eyes of Botero, you stared the ignorance down
Cousin Fran, take a good look around

Chorus

Bridge
You made a difference, when you took your stand
You made a difference, Cousin Fran

Verse I
Everything I know I learned so many years ago
Forest and trees
But now I’ve lost my way and trees grow taller every day
Time and degrees

Bridge I
But you are the North Star in the night
The compass and the light
And the love that might help me find my way

Chorus
Across the line, I’m looking for the sign post in the dark
Across the line, I’m looking for the place to disembark
Across the line, I’m looking for my destiny in fairy tales and make believe
I believe I see directions in your eyes
Baby take the chance and cross the line

Verse II
Philadelphia scene South street market, Delaware breeze
Long live the dream
I’m sailing out to sea, H4 time is half past three
It’s dawn in the east

Bridge I

Chorus

Bridge II
Longitudes were always hard to find
The people looked to the sky but it always blew their minds
Yeah longitudes were just a matter of time
And boundaries that confine
Randomly assigned
Like limits of the mind
Sectors of fifteen degrees in time
Boundaries self-defined
Arbitrary lines
Sectors of fifteen degrees in time
Sectors of fifteen degrees in time

Verse III
It’s back to Greenwich prime
To find the reason and the rhyme
Forests and time

Bridge I

Chorus

Verse I
I’ll never forget the innocent view
From floor seventeen, in room 92
The king and the queen in silver and blue
Adorned the square with their usual flair

Verse II

The band on the stage attracted the crowd
And played out of tune and a little too loud
But empire fans were defiantly proud
To be there at the scene with their king and their queen

Bridge
And I don’t believe in fairy tales
But I still believe in dreams come true
So I hope that I will see with you again
The innocent view from room 92

Chorus
Love me now don’t you understand
We may never have the chance to say goodbye
Love me now don’t you understand
That the memory will forever be in view
Like the innocence in room 92

Verse III
The king and the queen had a glorious reign
And helped a lost generation find a loftier way
And were seen in the square every day
But no one knew it was the innocent view

Verse IV
Because the king and the queen stepped down from the throne
And left a permanent scar that could never be sewn
And though the people were strong and stood tall on their own
It was a miserable scene without the king and the queen

Bridge

Chorus

Verse I
Well once upon a time there was a love affair from the sea to shining sea
She was the California Golden Gate he was the New York Tappan Zee
They went from Arizona, Washington, and Idaho and saw the big Montana sky
And the Continental Divide was the hardest thing that they’ve ever tried
They do the make love park and ride and do the Continental Divide

Verse II
Now lo and behold up in the spacious skies they live the crown thy brotherhood dream
They see the purple mountain majesty shed its grace on the gleaming gulf stream
They drink the amarone, chardonnay and cabernet on the eastern starboard side
And the Continental Divide is the hardest thing that they’ve ever tried
They do the make love mile high and do the Continental Divide

Bridge
Aboard the fruitful plane
They saw the amber waves of grain
And wondered if the land made for you and me will be in their way

Chorus
Continental Divide
Dulcet voices in the dawn’s early light
Gave proof that love
Hailed through the night
Say can you see the star spangled lady’s glare
O’er the land of the free
Proof that love
Triumphs over the
Continental Divide

Verse III
Now long distance lovers bless the land that they love and venerate their home sweet home
From every mountainside they wear their Pilgrim’s pride like two oceans white with foam
He stands beside her and he guides her with the light of his song of thee I sing she hears him cry
And the Continental Divide is the hardest thing that they’ve ever tried
They do the make love of their lives and do the Continental Divide

Bridge

Chorus
And their love flies high
In the spacious skies
O’er the Continental Divide

Verse I
The signpost at the fork in the road was gone
So the people took the road with the well-traveled song
And Carlo played pied piper paragon
Cause when the music stopped they saw that two of the chairs were gone

Verse II
At Broad and Wall there was a ringing of the bell
It seems that the greater fool was alive and doing well
And Carlo knew his mark and read the tell
But he was signing autographs and he missed his chance to sell

Chorus
So Lord look at my life and shine a light on me
Be my lantern in the forest of doubt when I can’t see
Lord look at my dreams and take a chance on me
Be my courage at the door
Of my soul when I explore
The truth that I denied before
Now cannot be ignored
And I say Lord shine down on me
And when you do
I will be free
Lord be my lantern shine on me
And show me all the things that I have always needed to see

Verse III
The glitter and the glory and the gain
Were on full display as the players played their games
But the winners were just losers in refrain
The score was just the altitude from where they would fall in vain

Verse IV
Morning on day two hundred fifty four
Carlo was back in town for one more score
But the players showed Old Carlo to the door
It seems they wouldn’t pay the tulip ransom anymore

Chorus

Verse I
Once upon the fourteenth of July
The day the Bastille fell and changed their lives
Mademoiselle Marie Antoinette lives her life in the best of times
So Princess Rose is restless in Versailles
And Saint Michel is watching from the sky

Verse II
Beautiful princess a captive behind royal doors
Listens to the suffering of the poor
Madam Defarge is laughing at miserable lives in the worst of times
So Princess Rose is weeping in Versailles
And Saint Michel sings verse and lullaby

Bridge
Fly Princess Rose Fly Away
Grace all of France right away
Hold them and guide them and give them a chance
Tend to the helpless and teach them to dance
You are light in their darkness and song in their souls Princess Rose

Chorus
Fly Princess Rose Fly Away
You gotta know the love in your heart needs to see the light of day
So Fly Princess Rose Fly Away
Butterflies set free Princess Rose find their way
So Fly Princess Rose Fly Away

Verse III
Once upon the fourteenth of July
Beautiful princess becomes the flowering vine
And blossoms in the French countryside in the best and the worst of times
So Princess Rose is the savior from Versailles
And Saint Michel is her sentry in the sky

Chorus

Verse IV
Once upon the fourteenth of July
Beautiful princess becomes a free butterfly
And finds her way to the gardens of Giverny for the rest of times
And Princess Rose will always be Versailles
And Saint Michel will always be nearby