Apollinaire Lyrics

from St. 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
chorus
a guy named Guy
Apollinaire
Apoll in aire
from Monts Martre 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 St. Germain des Pres to PlaceEdgar Quinet
un flaneur supercool, un boulevardier
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