Grand Ennui

Introduction: A   /   G - A   /   A   /   G - A

        A
I was overland touring in my new ferrari
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At just about a hundred and ten
        A
I was on my way home from a sophisticated party
            D                          A
Where I got a little drunk on gin

             D
And as the headlights cast a glow on the road
             A
I heard a voice inside of me, it said
       A
"You lost the light, and now you're moving through the night
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Runnin' from the Grand Ennui
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Runnin' from the Grand Ennui"

Well I reached into my pocket and I pulled out the Omega
That was never one second behind
I knew the horse that I was running at the Southern Talladega
Had won for the twenty-second time

And then the countess I was with bent over with a kiss
And put a jeweled hand on my knee, I knew
I'd lost the light, and I was moving through the night,
Runnin' from the Grand Ennui
Runnin' from the Grand Ennui

Well that night passed in a blaze of glory
With the countess and the car both mine
And each day passes with the same old story
But the Countess has a brand new line

And yet still at night I'm haunted by the fright
And distant memory,
Of the day I lost the light, moving through the night,
Runnin' from the Grand Ennui, yee-haa,
Runnin' from the Grand Ennui

Words and Music (C) Michael Nesmith