Under Paris' sky
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It was born today
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On a tune made for them
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Two musicians, a few onlookers
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Then thousands of people
The anthem of a people in love
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A few rays of a summer sky
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A bargeman's accordion
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Hope blossoms in the Paris sky
Keeps its secret to itself
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For twenty centuries it's been in love
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When it rains on Paris
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When he's too jealous
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Of his millions of lovers
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He lets rumble over us