"Paper Silhouettes"

Paper Silhouettes

Jane:
Dancers in perfect form

spin across the ballroom floor

in dresses made of silk

and shoes made of glass

exchanging their pleasantrie
s
over trite melodies

but never revealing,

removing the mask, saying



Pleased to meet you, monsieur

pleasant to meet you, monsieur

and shake hands

do the dance enchanté

how long will you stay, monsieur?

Say the weather looks fine

play the part, say the line,

til the day fades away and I'm nothing more...

Than a paper silhouette on a stage...



They tell you to be polite,

hoping that someone might

fall for a girl

with her pages unturned

In every bachelor batch

finding your perfect match,

but a girl made of paper

is easily burned

but I'm



Pleased to meet you, monsieur

pleasant to meet you, monsieur

and shake hands

do the dance enchanté

how long will you stay, monsieur?

Say the weather looks fine

play the part, say the line,

til the day fades away and I'm nothing more...

Than a paper silhouette on a stage...



They tell me I'm beautiful, but what do they know,

they're just puppeteers dancing with paper silhouettes

They smile with their teeth and they put on a show

but it's not worth romancing a man you'll forget anyway...

In a day...

So you say...



Pleased to meet you, monsieur

pleasant to meet you, monsieur

and shake hands

do the dance enchanté

how long will you stay, monsieur?

Say the weather looks fine

play the part, say the line,

Say, I'm Pleased to meet you, monsieur

pleasant to meet you, monsieur

and shake hands

do the dance enchanté

how long will you stay, monsieur?

Say the weather looks fine

play the part, say the line,

til the day fades away and I'm nothing more...


Than a paper silhouette on a stage...