Gay Paree

Gay Paree - Robert Preston

Lyrics by：Henry Mancini/Leslie Bricusse

Composed by：Henry Mancini

When people speak of Gay Paree

They think that when they say Paree is gay

They mean that gay Paree is gay

It is not in the way Paree

Was gay in yesterday Paree

It means today that gay Paree is gay

Not that gay

They say Paree has always been that way

Along the banks of the Seine

Just take a walk now and then

You'll meet some interesting men gay Paree

Along the Rue Madeleine

Each evening 'round about ten

You'll see it time and time again gay Paree

If you've a soiree to spare

Go to the Follies Bergeres

You'll see such gaiety there

C'est la vie

Around the Rue des Beaux-Arts

Where all the cabarets shows are

I mean well really those are

You'll agree

What they mean when they say Gay Paree

Du Foubourg Saint Honore

Where all the millionaires play

Is also I'm so glad to say Gay Paree

The Rue de Rivoli Arcade

Where fancy goods are displayed

There's also plenty of rough trade Gay Paree

And in arrondissement eight

The Champs Elysees I would rate

Perhaps the one thing that's straight as can be

And at the Cafe de la Paix

If you are heading that way

They drink a toast ev'ry day around three

They make each moment as gay

As Le Quatorze of Juillet

That's what they mean when the say

Gay Paree