Doug Supernaw Lyrics
"He Went To Paris"

He went to Paris looking for answers

To the questions that bothered him so

He was impressive, young and aggressive

Saving the world on his own

The warm summer breezes and French wine and cheeses

Put his ambitions at bay

Summers and winters scattered like splinters

And four to five years slipped away

He went to England, played the piano

And married an actress named Kim

They had a good life, she was a fine wife

And bore him a young son named Jim

All of the answers to most of the questions

Locked in his attic some day

But he liked the quiet clean country living

And twenty more years skipped away

The war took his baby, the bombs killed his lady

And left him with only one eye

His body was battered, his whole world was shattered

And all he could do was just cry

While the tears were falling

He was recalling the answers that he never found

Hopped on a freighter, skated the ocean

And left England without a sound

Now he lives in the islands, fishes the pilings

And drinking his Green Label each day

Writing his memories, losing his hearing

But he don't care what most people say

After 86 years of perpetual motion

If he likes you he'll smile and say

Some of it's magic, some of it's tragic

But I had a good life all the way

He went to Paris looking for answers

To the questions that bothered him so