The train pulled into Paris like a rocket to the moonnThe station's like a circus every face is a cartoonnEverybody's stoned on pride and drunk on cheap champagnenTonight this joie de vivre sure don't live up to its namenAnd now all that I can saynnIs I'd give this world to younEvery rock and every stone, every masterpiece in RomenAnd if you asked me tonI'd steel the Mona Lisa, tear it up in little piecesnAnd lay them at your feetnFor all the world to seenBut tonight I can't give you ParisnnAristocrats are everywherenAnd the air's as thick as thievesnShe'd like nothing better than to steal the breath from menThe tower's lights ain't shinin' as it hangs its head in shamenAt the sight of American blood on the streets of St. GermainnWashin' up into the seinennIs I'd give this world to younEvery rock and every stone, every masterpiece in RomenAnd if you asked me tonI'd steel the Mona Lisa, tear it up in little piecesnAnd lay them at your feetnFor all the world to seenBut tonight I can't give you ParisnnAnd I'd give this world to younI'd steal the crown and kingdom from the Queen of EnglandnAnd if you asked me tonI'd take this city in my hands, break it down in grains of sandnAnd lay them at your feetnFor all the world to seenBut tonight I can't give you Paris