Paris Nights / New York Mornings

Album: The Sea (2010)
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  • Breakfast at Mickey's, make-up still on
    Elbows on the greasy tablecloth
    One more coffee and one last cigarette
    Smiling at the rain 'cause you hold me close
    My best dress on underneath this old coat
    Walking down Bleecker, no one is awake yet

    And onward, seven hours
    Nothing but clouds
    And it's enough to make your heart sigh
    I thought we should try
    Pick me up and take me out

    Ooh-ooh, we crash into love-filled nights
    (Paris nights and New York mornings)
    Ooh-ooh, we race 'til we're out of time
    (Paris nights and New York mornings)
    And now that, ooh-ooh, you've taken me up so high
    (Paris nights and New York mornings)
    Don't let me down (don't let me down)
    Don't let me down (don't let me down)

    I could see the lights from the restaurant
    I couldn't quite perfect that nonchalance
    Paris and champagne with one brown sugar cube

    And we danced while the band played She's Not There
    Kissed me in the rain by the Rue Voltaire
    It's a perfectly good way to ruin those silk shoes

    Still, seven hours
    Nothing but clouds
    And it's enough to make your heart sigh
    We should try
    For each other and for the lovers

    Ooh-ooh, we crash into love-filled nights
    (Paris nights and New York mornings)
    Ooh-ooh, we race 'til we're out of time
    (Paris nights and New York mornings)
    And now that, ooh-ooh, you've taken me up so high
    (Paris nights and New York mornings)
    Don't let me down (don't let me down)
    Don't let me down (don't let me down)

    Ooh, you change and you grow
    But we were young
    We were young and we didn't know
    We didn't know, ohh

    Ooh-ooh, we crash into love-filled nights
    (Paris nights and New York mornings, New York mornings)
    Ooh-ooh, we race 'til we're out of time
    (Paris nights and New York mornings, New York mornings)
    And now that, ooh-ooh, you've taken me up so high
    (Paris nights and New York mornings)
    Don't let me down (don't let me down)
    Don't let me down (don't let me down)

    (Paris nights) don't let me down, don't let me down
    (So high) don't let me down, don't let me down
    (New York mornings) don't let me down Writer/s: Corinne Bailey Rae
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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