The Last Time I Saw
Paris é um filme americano, 1954, dirigido por Richard Brooks, baseado no conto
"Babylon Revisited", de F. Scott Fitzgerald. A canção não foi escrita
para o filme mas está-lhe eternamente associada. Os versos lembram-nos Paris
durante a ocupação alemã na II Guerra Mundial. Esta versão contempla apenas a 2ª e 3ª estrofes.
A lady known
as Paris, romantic and charming
Has left her
old companions and faded from view
Lonely men
with lonely eyes are seeking her in vain
Her streets
are where they were, but there's no sign of her
She has left
the Seine.
The last
time I saw Paris, her heart was warm and gay
I heard the
laughter of her heart in every street café
The last
time I saw Paris, her trees were dressed for spring
And lovers
walked beneath those trees and birds found songs to sing.
I dodged the
same old taxicabs that I had dodged for years
The chorus
of their squeaky horns was music to my ears
The last
time I saw Paris, her heart was warm and gay
No matter
how they change her, I'll remember her that way.
I'll think
of happy hours, and people who shared them
Old women,
selling flowers, in markets at dawn
Children who
applauded, Punch and Judy in the park
And those
who danced at night and kept our Paris bright
Till the town went dark.
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