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French Jewelry

from In an Un Guarded Moment by Jeff Manson

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lyrics

D (C D) Em
The Legion was empty, except for the room downstairs where they were showing
G
“French Jewelry”
G7 D (C D)
The old folks sure were crowding ‘round the cases down there
D Em
So, I breezed up the marble stairs, to be all alone with the
G
Candlelight Master
G7 D (C D)
In the fake French-paneled room

Bm G D Bm G
I saw a chair from some old palace, nobody’s ever sat on
Bm G D Bm A
I spied a dusty old applewood harpsichord, seems likely nobody’s ever played
Bm G D
Watching spiders weaving webs upon a vase from Versailles
G D A D
And I long to climb behind the velvet rope, and sit and watch the crowd shuffling by
G D A
I long to hide inside the crystal-clear case, and sit and watch the old folks forever honey.
D C D, D C D

D (C D) Em
Plundered treasure on the plinth, looted cities on display
G
I’d sit with them, the site unseen, the guillotine waits in the wings
D D7
The birds outside the window all so sweetly start to sing
Em D G F#7 Bm
O to be the breathing artifact, set apart and tucked away
G D C#7 F#7
O to live on stolen condiment, after hours in the dark café
Bm G D Bm G
Slumping in a chair from some old palace, nobody’s ever sat on
Bm G D Bm A
Tinkling on a dusty old applewood harpsichord, seems likely nobody’s ever played
Bm G D
Watching spiders weaving webs upon a vase from Versailles
G D A D
And I long to climb behind the velvet rope, and sit and watch the crowd shuffling by
G D A
I long to hide inside the crystal-clear case, and sit and watch the old folks forever honey.


When the gig is finally over, and I’m escorted outside
past all the tired monuments, who never close their eyes

Their iron flags are frozen,
though the wind direction changed

See them pulled down from their pedestals
In the warm June rain.

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from In an Un Guarded Moment, released May 13, 2022

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