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Paris Is a Lonely Town (Demo) Lyrics by Harold Arlen

Gay Purr-ee (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

1962

The glamour’s gone
The shades are down
And Paris is only a lonely town
Lonely
When love’s a laugh
And you’re the clown
Then Paris is only another town
Dreary
For the loveless clown
This town’s a weary merry-go-round
And round
And round
The chestnut
The willow
The colors of Utrillo
Turn to gray, gray hues
The band playing Bizet
Along the Champs-Élysées
Sounds like way-down blues
Paris is a lonely
Dreary
Oh, so lonely town
Where’s that shining flower ‘neath the Eiffel Tower?
Where’s that fairyland of gold?
Isn’t it a pity that this magic city turned suddenly cold?
The chimneys moan
The river cries
Each glamorous bridge is a bridge of sighs
River, river
Won’t you be my lover?
Don’t turn me down
For Paris
Is such a lonely
Lonely....town
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Harold Arlen

Harold Arlen

About “Paris Is a Lonely Town (Demo)” by Harold Arlen

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"Paris Is a Lonely Town (Demo)" appears on "Gay Purr-ee (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)" in 1962.

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