I see a bookstore in town
I run to buy a good book
The guy tells me "you're just in time
Actually, we have one left"
As I was going home peacefully
There, I crossed your path

Usually I read thirty pages
Then I sleep until morning
(Ooh and there, and there?)
We were waiting at the same crossing
Chance does things well
(Ooh and there, and there?)
A breath inflated your blouse
The book fell from my hands

It wasn't a picture book
It wasn't the Countess of Ségur
We tore the packaging
We crumpled the cover a bit
(Ooh and there, and there?)
I had dimmed the lighting
Our shadows were dancing on the wall
(Ooh and there?)

(There it's hard to believe)
I know, I know, I know, it's hard to believe
I know
(Ooh and there?)
(There it's hard to believe)

Usually from mouth to ear
I talk about the books I believe in
I drown my friends in advice
And with advice my friends drown me
(Ooh and there, and there?)
This time it's different
I keep the advice to myself

When I tell this story
People raise their eyes, they smile
"You read too many station novels
You're getting lost, who do you take us for?"
(Ooh and there, and there?)
It's true, it's hard to believe
In town, there are no more bookstores
(Ooh and there?)
(There it's hard to believe)
I know, I know, I know, it's hard to believe

(Ooh and there?)
(There it's hard to believe)
It's true, it's all in the suburbs
I know, I know
There it's hard to believe

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