In France They Kiss On Main Street Lyrics - Shadows And Light (live) - Joni Mitchell

Downtown 

My darling dime store thief 

In the War of Independence 

Rock 'n' roll rang sweet as victory 

Under neon signs 

A girl was in bloom 

And a woman was fading 

In a suburban room 

I said take me to the dance 

Do you want to dance? 

I love to dance 

And I told him 

They don't take chances 

They seem so removed from romance 

They've been broken in churches & schools 

And molded to middle class circumstance 

And we were rollin' 

Rollin' 

Rock 'n' rollin' 

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Downtown 

The dance halls and cafes 

Feel so wild you could break somebody's heart 

Just doing the latest dance craze 

Gail and Louise 

In those push up brassieres 

Tight dresses and rhinestone rings 

Drinking up the band's beers 

Young love was kissing under bridges 

Kissing in cars 

Kissing in cafes 

And we were walking down Main Street 

Kisses like bright flags hung on holidays 

In France they kiss on Main Street 

Amour, mama, not cheap display 

And we were rollin' 

Rollin' 

Rock 'n' rollin' 

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Downtown 

In the pinball arcade 

With his head full of pool hall pitches 

And songs from the hit parade 

He'd be singing "Bye, Bye, Love" 

While he's racking up his free play 

Let those rock 'n' roll choir boys 

Come and carry us away 

Sometimes Chickie had the car 

Or Ron had a car 

Or Lead Foot Melvin with his hotwire head 

We'd all go looking for a party 

Looking to raise Jesus up from the dead 

And I'd be kissing in the back seat 

Thrilling to the Brando-like things that he said 

And we'd be rollin' 

Rollin' 

Rock 'n' rolling 

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Rollin' 

Rock 'n' rollin'