le french movie

A song about attending a college reunion and meeting up with an old girlfriend.

© 1996 CHRIS BUTLER/© 1996 FUTURE FOSSIL MUSIC (BMI)



we rendez-vous at our favorite Scottish restaurant

a/k/a Mc Sewer

can’t take my eyes off your chest

you, my Milwaukee tumor

20 years ago, i wonder, hon...

were we really that much cooler?

that much cooler?

i remember you screaming at the rally

"bring the fascists to their knees"

your educated tongue

sank my L.S.A.T.’s

back then we upped the revolution

each time we dropped our jeans

like in a "le french movie"

each time we dropped our jeans

i wanted a job once...they asked me, son what can you do well?

i said i’m a really excellent smoker

and as a tourist, non-pareil

i am skilled/schooled at power loafing

and i have a pleasant smell

me?...well...i’m still chasing magic

missing every shot at wealth

heard you’re sticking needles into people

in the name of hippie health

how come every plot invention

ends up parodying itself?

like in a "le french movie"

when i was voted the worst joint roller

in my dorm back in ‘68

you rescued me with absinthe,

Jarry & Carné

the whole world was watching us

now, we’re parsley on a plate

like in a "le french movie"