JOHN DENVER - A Country Girl In Paris lyrics

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This song appears on four albums, and was first released on the higher ground album, and has also been released on the a portrait, the gift you are and the john denver collection - annie's song<br>Ms.<br><br>A country girl in paris, moonlight on the seine<br>Memories of tennessee, nashville in the rain<br>It's such a contradiction, a heart that's filled with pain<br>A country girl in paris, dreamin' nashville in the rain<br><br>She walks along the boulevard, champs alysee<br>Thinks about a country boy three thousand miles away<br>Pride is such a hard thing, it's such a price to pay<br>To be all alone in paris with true love so far away<br><br>Up upon mont martre when she stops to rest awhile<br>All the artists look at her and they long to paint her smile<br>For even in her sorrow there's something in her eyes<br>That makes the young men jealous, makes the old men sigh<br><br>They say the loss of innocence is always linked to pain<br>For once the heart is opened nothing ever is the same<br>And so the evening lends itself to lovers and romance<br>The way to heal a broken heart is to give true love<br>One more chance<br><br>A country girl in paris, moonlight on the seine<br>Memories of tennessee, nashville in the rain<br>It's such a contradiction, a heart that's filled with pain<br>A country girl in paris, dreamin' nashville in the rain<br>A country girl in paris, longing for nashville in the rain<br><br>Words and music by john denver