Beware la Merde

from So Many Reasons by John Lester

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Beware La Merde
words and music by John Lester

There’s a place where beauty resides
It’s so well refined and so full of pride
I took a trip thought I’d have a look
So I set out dans la rue
With my Paris tour book
But there’s one thing my guide forgot to say
You’d better watch your step along Les Champs Elysees

Beware la merde it’s everywhere
Beware la merde
Better watch your step or you’ll end up in la merde

Some advice should you head to that town
Keep one eye on the sites, the other on the ground
Let your first lesson in laissez-faire
Be that Parisians let their pooches go ‘bout anywhere
Perhaps it’s part of the French mystique
But they wouldn’t be caught dead carrying un sac plastique

Beware la merde it’s everywhere
Beware la merde
Better watch your step or you’ll end up in la merde

I’m not kidding
You might end up skidding
If you make the wrong decision and where flat bottom soles
When my baby turns the corner
I scout it out and warn her
I say oh girl those new French shoes are it
But if you don’t alter your direction they’ll be covered in…

Beware la merde it’s everywhere
Beware la merde
Better watch your step or you’ll end up in la merde

Now take that walk along the Seine
But go après le chien
And you will reach la tour Eiffel
With a very unpleasant smell
On your way to the Louvre
You better watch your every move and
When you walking don’t get lost in your map
Give your feet your full attention or you’ll end up in…

Beware la merde it’s everywhere
Beware la merde
Better watch your step or you’ll end up in la merde

©John Lester

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from So Many Reasons, released June 15, 2006

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Award-winning singer-songwriter, bassist and multi-instrumentalist.

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