Quietly Making Noise

Oscar Wilde died in bed
Several floors above my head
Living well beyonnd his means
In that crazy Paris scene
Rain falls down in sheets so clear
No one ever calls me here
Traveling by my self these days
I'm into jazz and felt berets
Far from that old eastern shore
Searching for strange metaphors

I don't want to be another victim of fashion
I don't want to see my name in the paper each day
Leave that to the young Turks
They're more handsome and dashing
Posing for paparazzi's down Laguna way

Down in the metro I feel the world start to multiply
Bastille, rubber wheels, spiked heels, subterranean lullaby
Met an African prancer, a hemisphere dancer
Spied the ghost of Brassens
We smiled at the secret we shared
And I hid it like contraband

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Quietly making noise, making noise
Starts with kindergarten toys
Not too soft not too loud
Just enough to draw a crowd
Quietly, quietly, quietly making noise

Followed the beat, I found myself in this patois spot
Outside a blizzard was blowing but inside the joint was hot
Zouck songs, rubber thongs, sing-a-longs
The words flew right by my face
Rhythm and motions, a blamma jamma potion
You cannot erase

Quietly making noise, making noise
Pissin off the old killjoys
Glasspacks on a hot mustang
A Telecaster with a twang
Quietly, quietly, quietly, making noise

Singers and writers and poets
Have flocked here for centuries
The city of light is built upon mountains of memories
Bariton, saxophone, monotones
Speak of the voice I've heard before
It's a lasting impression
A gypsy expression you cannot ignore

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