Creole Girl-The Fureys/Davey Arthur

[ti:Creole Girl] [ar:The Fureys] [al:Songs Through the Years] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Creole Girl - The Fureys/Davey Arthur [00:21.86]Call it a journey of memories [00:25.29] [00:26.99]A journey to bring back the time [00:30.47] [00:32.05]Through those days of wild abandon [00:35.36] [00:37.26]When a young man was in his prime [00:40.55] [00:42.85]Call it a hopeless fantasy [00:46.27] [00:47.59]Trying to capture some long lost dreams [00:51.57] [00:52.86]When you fell for the dark eyed creole girl [00:57.66] [00:58.42]Who came from new orleans [01:01.92] [01:03.91]Take in the latin quarter [01:06.96] [01:08.81]The search for a familiar name [01:11.95] [01:14.49]But paris has changed since you left her [01:17.92] [01:19.23]And nothing much looks the same [01:22.65] [01:24.77]Fifi's cafe is now a strip club [01:28.70] [01:29.74]With the arabian dancing queens [01:33.30] [01:34.71]But not one can compare with the creole girl [01:39.78] [01:40.60]Who came from new orleans [01:43.78] [01:48.50]Perhaps it was too much to wish for [01:52.14] [01:53.26]Sometimes it's best to move on [01:57.16] [01:58.82]But just for the sake of memories [02:02.40] [02:03.59]I'll take a drink for the days long gone [02:07.57] [02:08.60]And i went into the cafe chanson [02:13.69] [02:14.41]And watched the world from tobacco stained screens [02:17.94] [02:19.43]And i thought of the dark eyed creole girl [02:24.37] [02:25.10]Who came from new orleans [02:28.49] [02:43.97]Bonsoir monsieur said the waitress [02:47.47] [02:48.69]And what can i get for you [02:51.99] [02:53.70]I said excuse me for asking this question [02:57.69] [02:59.11]But you remind me of someone i knew [03:02.29] [03:04.46]She laughed as if i was crazy [03:08.36] [03:09.77]This young girl just out of her teens [03:13.13] [03:14.81]But she looked like the dark eyed creole girl [03:19.68] [03:20.54]Who came from new orleans [03:24.32] [03:25.53]I stayed til the bar had emptied [03:29.38] [03:30.53]And we shared a bottle of wine [03:34.33] [03:35.75]I said i'm just trying to capture a memory [03:40.06] [03:41.40]Of love in a different time [03:44.86] [03:46.36]She said maybe you think of my mother [03:50.04] [03:51.69]We look so alike it seems [03:55.40] [03:56.85]She was known as the dark eyed creole girl [04:01.62] [04:02.47]Who came from new orleans [04:05.79] [04:07.38]How i loved the dark eyed creole girl [04:12.38] [04:13.15]Who came from new orleans