Yvette In English Lyrics - David Crosby

[Intro. (Acoustic Guitar)] 

He met her in a French cafe 

She slipped in sideways like a cat 

Sidelong glances what a wary little stray 

She sticks in his mind like that 

Saying "Avez-vous une allumette?" 

With her lips wrapped around a cigarette 

Yvette in English saying "Please have this 

Little bit of instant bliss" 

He's struggling with a foreign tongue 

Reaching for words and drawing blanks 

A loud mouth is stricken deaf and dumb 

In a bistro on the left bank 

"If I were a painter" Picasso said 

"I'd paint this girl from toe to head" 

Yvette in English saying "Please have this 

Little bit of instant bliss" 

Burgundy nocturne tips and spills 

They move along nicely in the spreading stain 

New chills new thrills for the old uphill battle 

How did he wind up here again 

Walking, talking, touched and scared 

Uninsulated wires bared 

Yvette in English going "Please have this 

Little bit of instant bliss", mmm 

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[Instrumental (Acoustic Guitar)] 

Photos 

What blew her like a leaf this way 

Up in the air and down to earth 

First she flusters then she frays 

So quick to question her own worth 

Her cigarette burns her fingertips 

It falls like fireworks she curses it 

Sweetly in English she says "Please have this 

Little bit of instant bliss", mmm ... 

He sees her turn and walk away 

Skittering like a cat on a stone 

High heels clicking what a wary little stray 

She leaves him by the seine alone 

With black water and amber lights 

A boney bridge between left and right 

Yvette in English saying "Please have this 

Little bit of instant bliss" 

[Ending (Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar and Synth)]