- Songwriters: Anne Erin Clark
I write to give word the war is over
Send my cinders home to mother
They gave me a medal for my valor
Leaden trumpets spit the soot of power
They say, ‽I'm on your side
When nobody is, 'cause nobody is
Come sit right here and sleep
While I slip poison in your earâ€
We are waiting on a telegram
To give us news of the fall
I am sorry to report
Dear Paris is burning after all
We have taken to the streets
In open rejoice revolting
We are dancing a black waltz
Fair Paris is burning after all
Enclosed in this letter there's a picture
Black and white for your refrigerator
Sticks and stones have made me smarter
It's words that cut me under my armor
They say, ‽I'm on your side
When nobody is, 'cause nobody is
Come sit right here and sleep
While I slip poison in your earâ€
We are waiting on a telegram
To give us news of the fall
I am sorry to report
Dear Paris is burning after all
We have taken to the streets
In open rejoice revolting
We are dancing a black waltz
Fair Paris is burning after all
Dance poor people, dance and drown
Dance fair Paris to the ground
Dance poor people, dance and drown
Dance fair Paris, ashes now
Dance poor people, dance and drown
Dance fair Paris to the ground
Dance poor people, dance and drown
Dance fair Paris, ashes now
Dance poor people, dance and drown
Dance fair Paris to the ground
Dance poor people, dance and drown
Dance fair Paris, ashes now
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Sticks and stones have made me smarter/It's words that cut me under my armor
Expecting another run-of-the-mill indie songstress upon first listen to St. Vincent, “Paris” crushed expectations. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) knows her way around a guitar and uses clever, uneasy wordplay; both of these take “Paris” from eerily-catchy to complete devastation as Paris, the city, burns.
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