I'm the dauphin of Place Dauphine
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And Place Blanche looks bad
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The trucks are full of milk
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The sweepers are full of brooms
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The drag queens are going to shave
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The strippers are dressed again
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The bolsters are crushed
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The coffee's in the cups
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The cafés clean their mirrors
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And on Boulevard Montparnasse
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The station's nothing but a carcass
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The commuters are in the stations
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At La Villette they're slicing the bacon
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“Paris by night” heads back to the buses
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The bakers are making bâtards
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The Eiffel Tower's feet are cold
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The Arc de Triomphe is revived
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And the Obelisk stands tall
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Between night and day
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The papers are printed
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The workers are depressed
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People get up, they're oppressed
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It's time for me to go to bed