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Pavanne Tab

by Richard Thompson


Pavanne  



Chorus:
                          
Pavanne, cold steel woman Pavanne
                                                        
How do you love a woman with eyes cold as the barrel of her gun
                                
Who's never missed her mark on anyone
                         
Pavanne, Pavanne, Pavanne

                                             
Casino doors swing open, the rich men raise their eyes
                                    
They say who is this beauty as elegant as ice
                                         
And later there's an accident, another charge d'affair
                                       
Is lying in a pool of blood, no witness anywhere

                                   
And they say she was a hundred miles away
                              
The hotel porter saw her climb the stairs
                                           
And the maid with trembling hands knows what to say
                                                   
When the judge says "Are your sure," "I'm sure" she swears

Chorus

At the presidential palace a thousand people saw
His excellency leave his car and never make the door
The blood flows from his fingers as he clutches at the stain
He staggers like a drunken man, lies twisted in the rain

And they say she grew up well provided for
Her mother used to keep her boys for sure
And father's close attentions led to talk
She learned to stab her food with a silver fork

Pavanne, cold steel woman Pavanne

                                 
And they say she didn't do it for the money
                               
And they say she didn't do it for a man
                               
They say that she did it for the pleasure, 
                    
The pleasure of the moment

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by: José Duarte