It all started out with a page in a book,
One line in that page, and I was totally hooked.
One word in that line got me hunting for more,
Oh, I've never been so excited by a word before.
So bold right there in the middle of that page,
Taking just what it deserved - the centre stage.
Like it had been waiting all this while just for me
To set my eyes on it and fall into this dream.
One word. 'Paris'.
One word. One million dreams.
Shopping. Fashion.
Love. Passion.
Chanel, Versace
Tout bon-marche (bo-mar-shey)
High heels and high-end.
Haute couture my everyday friend.
Oh, all these long-sighted dreams, but they lasted only so short
Then I was woken up to everything I was not.
Not rich, not tall, not even close to hot;
I was nothing that a Prince would want in a Princess of his sort.
How would I make it to Paris this way?
But look out my window
All's so wrong far and near.
I'm a princess for the sake of goodness,
So get me out of here!
Because there's something so wrong in the way this river's flowing
Something so wrong in the way that tree's swaying.
Something so wrong in all this desert and this sand
Something so wrong in all these unknown shopping brands.
But oh my, everything is right about the way the Seine flows
Everything's so right in how the French trees grow.
Everything's so right in their les quartiers et les villes
And to me 'Paris' reads 'Shopper's Dream'.
And someday soon when I'm livin' in Paris
I'll have him say "Marry me".
And he'll take my hand in the Parisian starlight
"I've always loved you, ma cherie!" (ma she-ry)
Someday soon we'll see.
A girl can always dream, can't she?
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Dedicated to @newyorksmile for the amazing person that she is. She was one of my first friends on wattpad and I just love her even though we've never met. But some things in life are like that, you just know that it's so right. Claire, you are the loveliest! :*
