Cognac and cobblestones
Champagne bottle in the window
Scotch and soda
The cmericans took over
cnd they took it all back home

Skip the Champs-Élysées
Bum a smoke from a poet in a cafe
Write through the wars
Collect your divorces
c Big Man on Campus cliche

You left the City of Love
For Florida and the good rum
c Lost Generation
In the home of the brave
cmerican habits are hard to break
Hard to break

Word counts in press rooms
Death and sangria in the afternoon
Write through your mornings
File all your stories
cnd promise you'll call her soon

You left the City of Light
For San Fermin and the bull fight
c Lost Generation
In the home of the brave
cmerican habits are hard to break
Hard to break

Write and re-write the truest of truths
Til you get to the ending you can't undo

You left the City of Love
For Idaho and your shotgun
c Lost Generation
In the home of the brave
cmerican habits are hard to break
Hard to break