| Eb | F | Gm | |
| He met h | er in a f | rench cafe |
| Eb | F | Gm | |
| She slipped in | sideways | like a cat |
| Eb | F | Gm | |
| Sidelong glan | ces, | what a wary little stray |
| Eb | F | Bb | |
| She sticks | in his | mind like that |
| Bb | Gm | |
| Saying ' | avez vous un | alumette' |
| Cm | Eb | |
| With her | lips wrapped around a | cigarette |
| Eb | F | Gm | |
| Yvette in | English saying | please have this |
| Eb | F | Gb | Ab | Gm | |
| Little | bit of | inst | ant b | liss. |
| Eb | F | Gm | |
| He's struggling | with a | foreign tongue |
| Eb | F | Gm | |
| Reaching for | words and | drawing blanks |
| Eb | F | Gm | |
| A loud mouth is | stricken d | eaf and dumb |
| Eb | F | Bb | |
| In a | bistro on the | left bank |
| Bb | Gm | |
| If | I was a painter | Picasso said |
| Cm | Eb | |
| I'd | paint this girl from | toe to head |
| Eb | F | Gm | |
| Yvette in | English, saying | please have this |
| Eb | F | Gb | Ab | Gm | |
| Little | bit of | ins | tant | bliss |
| Eb | F | Gm | |
| Burgundy noctu | rne t | ips and spills |
| Eb | F | Gm | |
| They move along | nicely in the | spreading stain |
| Eb | F | |
| New chills, | new thrills |
| Gm | |
| For the | old uphill battle |
| Eb | F | Bb | |
| How did he | wind up | here again |
| Bb | Gm | |
| Walking and talking | touched and scared |
| Cm | Eb | |
| Uninsulated wires | bare |
| Eb | F | Gm | |
| Yvette in | English saying ' | please have this |
| Eb | F | Gb | Ab | Gm | |
| Little | bit of | ins | tant | bliss |
| Eb | F | Gm | |
| What blew her | like a l | eaf his way |
| Eb | F | Gm | |
| Up in the | air and | down to earth |
| Eb | F | Gm | |
| First she | flusters, | then she frays |
| Eb | F | Bb | |
| So quick to | question her | own worth |
| Bb | Gm | |
| Her cigarette burns her | finger tips |
| Cm | Eb | |
| It falls like fireworks, she | curses it |
| Eb | F | Gm | |
| Sweetly in | English she says ' | please have this |
| Eb | F | Gb | Ab | Gm | |
| Little | bit of | ins | tant | bliss |
| Eb | F | Gm | |
| He sees her | turn and | walk away |
| Eb | F | Gm | |
| Skittering | like a | cat on a stone |
| Eb | F | Gm | |
| Her high heels | clicking, | what a wary little stray |
| Eb | F | Bb | |
| She leaves him | by the | Seine alone. |
| Bb | Gm | |
| With black water and | amber lights |
| Cm | Eb | |
| And the bony bridge between l | eft and right |
| Eb | F | Gm | |
| Yvette in | English, saying ' | please have this |
| Eb | F | Gb | Ab | Gm | |
| Little | bit of | ins | tant | bliss |
| >From The "Thousand Roads" CD |
| Atlantic Records |
| 1993 Crazy Cow Music/Stay Straight Music(BMI) |