The Blue Cafe 1995 by Sherwood Ross
G Am
The war to end all wars is over
G
The Paris sky is shining bright
C G
Babe and I will play the rover
Am D7
Drive to the wine country tonight
G Am
Frost gleams on the moonlit vineyards
D7 G
Babe unpins her hair along the way
C G
We find blue gardenias on our table
D7 G
When we reach the Blue Cafà ©
(chorus) G Am G
Just you and me/Just you and me
Am D7 G
Just you and me, Babe, Babe just you and me
The war to end all wars is over
I threw away my rifle and my spade
Babe plays ragtime on the piano
The hotel owner refuses to be paid.
Champagne kisses in the bedroom
Laughter drifts up to us from the bar
The drunks will sing the Marseilles all evening
Europe beholds the morning star. (chorus)
The world is safe again for lovers
Civilian clothes regain their old appeal
I'm lucky to be among the living
We still can't believe the peace is real.
It's hard remembering the fallen
As we set off to Spain to paint and write
Babe says she wants to have our child now
No our son will never fight. (Chorus)
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(Note: After the horrors of WWI, millions of adults resolved that their sons would never fight in another war. This song is about one of those couples in France on the day the Armistice was signed.)
