DEAN MARTIN - THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS

THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS

DEAN MARTIN

COMPOSERS: JEROME KERN & OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: FRENCH STYLE

LABEL: REPRISE

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1962

French Style is Dean Martin's first LP for Reprise Records. Recorded during February 1962, it features French-themed popular songs and Chansons arranged by Neal Hefti. Among them "C'est si bon", which frequently appears on Dean Martin compilation albums, a rendition of Edith Piaf's classic La Vie En Rose, the title song from the MGM classic Gigi(1958 film) and two classic Cole Porter tunes. Originally released as Reprise LP R(S)-6021 ('S' distinguishing the stereo pressing), the album's tracks made their CD debut as part of the chronologically sequenced Bear Family box set "Everybody Loves Somebody" (BCD 16343). A subsequent two-on-one CD (together with Martin's succeeding álbum Dino Latino) by Collectors' Choice restored the original running order.

The last time I saw Paris

Her heart was warm and gay

I heard the laughter of her heart

In every street café

The last time I saw Paris

Her trees were dressed for spring

And lovers walked beneath those trees

And birds found songs to sing

I dodged the same old taxicabs

That I had dodged for years

The chorus of the squeaky horns

Was music to my ears

Oh, the last time I saw Paris

Her heart was warm and gay

No matter how they changed her

I'll remember her ah that way

Dodged the same old taxicabs

That I had dodged for years

The chorus of the squeaky horns

Was music to my ears

Yeah, the last time I saw Paris

Her heart was warm and gay

No matter how they change her

I'll remember her that way

The last time I saw Paris

The last time I saw Paris.