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NOTE: This song was written for the competition at SongFight.org, where each week entrants write a new song using the song title the site gives out. The title for the week I entered was "Ran Away To Paris", so that is how the song got its name.
Ran Away To Paris
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The alarm clock rings
and I start a new day
another piece of my soul
slowly wasting away
Are we just drones and robots
cogs in a giant machine
fueled by money and power
Twinkie snacks and caffeine?
Sometimes I stand on a cliff
just to feel the buzz
and tell little white lies
well, just because
Gotta get me a fix
a mental morphine drip
take me far away
on a spiritual trip
If you win the rat race
you're still a rat
just a bug on a windshield
about to go splat
How'd our dreams get lost?
When did we start losing hope?
is settling into a routine
simply a way to cope?
Chorus
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What if we ran away to Paris?
Took a chance and start our lives anew
get rid of all our worries and our problems
and strip things right down to me and you
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At a cafe we would dine
overlooking the River Seine
watching the sun rise and set
over and over again
Inhaling all of the beauty
the famed architectural sites
we'd get lost in the magic
of the City of Lights
Like the journeys before us
of Hemingway and van Gogh
forever changed by a culture
of Brie and Bordeaux
The amazing art of the Louvre
Rembrandt, Picasso, Matisse
The mysterious code of da Vinci
a quest for inner peace
Under the Eiffel Tower
or that cathedral Notre Dame
we'd go to read and enjoy
the tranquility and calm
So step off the edge
break out of your safety zone
and grab ahold of my hand
leap towards the future unknown
Chorus
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What if we ran away to Paris?
Took a chance and start our lives anew
get rid of all our worries and our problems
and strip things right down to me and you
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Let's run away to Paris
go on a trip to France
live together forever
in that city of romance
I know we can make it
deep inside my heart
all we need is each other
and a brand new start
[song fades to end]
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