Madeleine Peyroux - Our Lady Of Pigalle lyrics

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Can I buy you something, can I stroke your hair,<br>

Can I hold your hand and take you somewhere?<br>

You're a young nobody, you're a perfect soul,<br>

You're an empty altar that can make me whole.<br>

Can I take you somewhere, can I wipe your tears,<br>

Can I fill your pockets or befriend you here?<br>

You're the final offer for the men who call,<br>

My highest hiding place, our lady of Pigalle.<br>

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Will you be ascending in this midnight heat<br>

On a flying buttress with stony feet?<br>

In the revolutions we tear down your walls and then<br>

Redeem you, reclaim you, our lady of Pigalle.<br>

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You're a young nobody, I'm a passing glance<br>

In the mad injustice of eternal romance;<br>

Beloved, broken into and caressed,<br>

You will bridge the waters and I'll give you rest.<br>

In the early hours when the streetlights fade,<br>

For my inquisition and my last crusade,<br>

You'll be savior, a reason for it all<br>

And I'll be blessed and favored, our lady of Pigalle.<br>

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Will you be ascending in this midnight heat<br>

On a flying buttress with stony feet?<br>

In the revolutions we tear down your walls and then<br>

Redeem you, reclaim you, our Lady of Pigalle.<br>

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Up to the places of your heart where souls wrestle angels in the dark<br>

Ten thousand years the scent of life bottled up in you child,<br>

You're driving men wild!<br>

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Can I buy you something, can I wash your feet,<br>

Can I read you poems of my thirsty retreat?<br>

I'm a young nobody, I'm a perfect soul,<br>

I can take you in, I can make you whole.<br>

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Will you be ascending in this midnight heat<br>

On a flying buttress with stony feet?<br>

In the revolutions we tear down your walls, and then<br>

Redeem you, reclaim you, our Lady of Pigalle.<br>

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