(You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie

Song (You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie
Artist Emmylou Harris
Album Original Album Series

Lyrics

[00:11.41] It was a teenage wedding
[00:15.26] And the old folks wished them well
[00:19.93] You could see that Pierre
[00:22.23] Did truly love the mademoiselle
[00:26.78] And now the young monsieur and madame
[00:30.28] Have rung the chapel bell
[00:33.38] "C'est la vie", say the old folks
[00:36.25] It goes to show you never can tell
[00:41.23] They furnished off an apartment
[00:43.00] With a two room Roebuck sale
[00:47.93] The coolerator was crammed
[00:49.99] With T.V. dimmers and ginger ale
[00:54.13] But when Pierre found work
[00:56.72] The little money comin' worked out well
[01:00.97] "C'est la vie", say the old folks
[01:03.52] It goes to show you never can tell
[01:08.65] They had a hi-fi phono
[01:09.97] Boy did they let it blast
[01:14.61] Seven hundred little records
[01:16.88] All rockin' rhythm and jazz
[01:21.93] But when the sun went down
[01:23.94] The rapid tempo of the music fell
[01:28.92] "C'est la vie", say the old folks
[01:30.74] It goes to show you never can tell
[02:03.27] They bought a souped-up jitney
[02:04.77] T'was a cherry-red fifty three
[02:09.93] They drove it down to New Orleans
[02:11.82] To celebrate their anniversary
[02:16.00] It was there that Pierre
[02:18.38] Was wedded to the lovely mad'moiselle
[02:22.70] "C'est la vie", say the old folks
[02:25.32] It goes to show you never can tell
[02:30.45] It was a teenage wedding
[02:31.73] And the old folks wished them well
[02:37.14] You could see that Pierre
[02:38.81] Did truly love the mademoiselle
[02:44.10] And now the young monsieur and madame
[02:46.05] Have rung the chapel bell
[02:50.38] "C'est la vie", say the old folks
[02:52.70] It goes to show you never can tell
[02:57.64] "C'est la vie", say the old folks
[02:59.51] It goes to show you never can tell
[03:04.19] "C'est la vie", say the old folks
[03:07.47] It goes to show you never can tell
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