there s a bottle in the corner that s where i m gonna stay just me and my bottle of french wine we re gonna drink the night away nobody comes nobody knocks on the door my friends are far away and if the telephone don t start ringing it s going to be a bad bad day ooh la la la ooh la lay there s a party in paris palais ooh la la la ooh la lay there s a party in paris palais well i turn on the radio but i don t like what they play so i put a record on the stereo just to pass the time away it s twelve o clock i can see them now they re dancing the night away little jimmy s dressed as fred astaire shouting records the band can t play ooh la la la ooh la lay there s a party in paris palais ooh la la la ooh la lay there s a party in paris palais well i can smell the french perfume while i sit here in despair i think i ll open another bottle and i ll make believe i m there meanwhile back in london seems a million miles away i m looking at my invitation with no ticket for a train  ooh la la la ooh la lay there s a party in paris palais ooh la la la ooh la lay there s a party in paris palais well ooh la la la ooh la lay there s a party in paris palais ooh la la la ooh la lay there s a party in paris palais ooh la la la ooh la lay there s a party in paris palais ooh la la la ooh la lay there s a party in paris palais ooh la la la ooh la lay there s a party in paris palais ooh la la la ooh la lay there s a party in paris palais ooh la la la ooh la lay there s a party in paris palais ooh la la la ooh la lay there s a party in paris palais ooh la la la ooh la lay there s a party in paris palais 