Songtexte Paris At 21 - Peter Allen

Paris in '21, at 21
Paris in '21, at 21
Paris in '21, at 21
Sweet mirrored illusions
Keep on rolling along
Between the past and the present
All that's left is an old song
Then lovers were younger than I
They never let their chance go by
They believed what we would call a lie
Would've been there but I wasn't born
Would've had the time of my life
Would've sinned then 'cause that's when sin
Was cheating on your wife
Not like today, it's all okay, olé olé
Sweet mirrored illusions
On an old mirrored bed
In a hotel in Paris
Wishing time wasn't dead
Took a train instead of speed
Took Colette and Proust to read
Let down my guard
And made friends with Lou Reed, oh
Should've been there but I wasn't born
Would've had the time of my life
Would've sinned then 'cause that's when sin
Was cheating on your wife
It's not like today, it's all okay, olé olé
Paris in '21, at 21
Paris in '21, at 21
Sweet mirrored illusions
They all end here
Some settle for champagne
Some hunger for beer
Boats sail for distant shores
You always want what isn't yours
Off to see the wizard, because, because
Just because
'Cause I would've been there but I wasn't born
Would've had the time of my life
Would've sinned then 'cause that's when sin
Was cheating on your wife
Would've been there but I wasn't born
Would've been the toast of the town
Would've sinned then 'cause that's when sin
Was opium on down, on down, on down, on down, on down
On down, on down
Been there, wasn't born
Been the belle of the ball
Sinned then, that's when sin
Was trying to get it all
I would've been there but I wasn't born
Would've been the time of my life
Would've sinned then 'cause that's when sin
Was cheating on your wife
It's not like today, it's all okay, olé olé, olé olé
It's not like today, olé olé
It's not like today, it's all okay, olé olé
It's not like it today, today, today, today, today, today
It's all okay, okay, okay, okay, okay
Olé olé olé olé olé olé olé
Paris in '21, in '21
Paris in '21, at 21
Paris in '21, at 21