Apollinaire Lyrics
From Saint-Germain-des-Pres
To Place Edgar Quinet
Un flaneur supercool
Un boulevardier
Born in Rome, near the Spanish Stairs
A guy called Guy, Guy Apollinaire
A nom de plume, a nom de guerre
For nursing poetry like an au pair
A guy named Guy Apollinaire
Apollinaire
From Montmartre to Parnasse
The most obscure of his deeds
Had a tremendous purpose
Mastered the rules of rhyme and meter
At life's banquet he was a big eater
From Saint-Germain-des-Pres
To Place Edgar Quinet
Un flaneur supercool, un boulevardier
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Led the avant garde from the top of Montmartre
Part Baudelaire, part Warhol superstar
Said he spirited Mona Lisa from the Louvre
But the writer of 'Alcools' was a spirits lover
Lived in the zone of pure desire
The great French language versifier
