Isabelle

It’s a celebration, the stage is set

Cheap decorations in the maisonette

Some people dance, you do the same

In your curious way

A cigarette that turns to ash

Settles in the water, without a splash

Coloured lightbulbs above your table

Get you in the mood, isn’t that rude

But you don’t have a clue

How I feel about you

I wanna love ya

But I’m like your brother

I don’t wanna live that way anymore

Isabelle, Isabelle are you more than a friend?

If I’m your man, I’m your man

I don’t wanna pretend

I wanna kiss ya

But you’re like my sister

Mercy on my soul if you don’t feel the same

C’est la vie, C’est la vie

It’s like a kick in the teeth

But that’s the way it’s gotta be

Conservative, under the guard

But loosen up when you’re having fun

You could inspire a whole empire

When you’re turning it on

You cut the cord, to the astronaut

End it all just because you’re feeling bored

False confessions, at the cathedral

Feed me happiness, thread the needle

Still you don’t have a clue how I feel about you

I wanna love ya

But I’m like your brother

I don’t wanna live that way anymore

Isabelle, Isabelle are you more than a friend?

If I’m your man, I’m your man

I don’t wanna pretend

I wanna kiss ya

But you’re like my sister

Mercy on my soul if you don’t feel the same

C’est la vie, C’est la vie

It’s like a kick in the teeth

But that’s the way it’s gotta be

Mama if there’s no body like you

Then I am alone, out in the world

What should I do?

Drop me a pin, what dimension are you in?

There’s no sense, in a  paradise for two, want a planet just for you

I wanna love ya

But I’m like your brother

I don’t wanna live that way anymore

Isabelle, Isabelle are you more than a friend?

If I’m your man, I’m your man

I don’t wanna pretend

I wanna kiss ya

But you’re like my sister

Mercy on my soul if you don’t feel the same

C’est la vie, c’est la vie

It’s like a kick in the teeth

But that’s the way it’s gotta be