The Palace of Versailles

[Verse 1] The wands of smoke are rising From the walls of the Bastille And through the streets of Paris Runs a sense of the unreal [Verse 2] The Kings have all departed There servants are nowhere We burned out their mansions In the name of Robespierre [Chorus] And still we wait To see the day begin Our time is wasting in the wind Wondering why Wondering why, it echoes Through the lonely palace of Versailles [Verse 3] Inside the midnight councils The lamps are burning low Oh you sit and talk all through the night But there's just no place to go [Verse 4] And Bonaparte is coming With his army from the south Marat your days are numbered And we live hand to mouth [Chorus] While we wait To see the day begin Our time is wasting in the wind Wondering why Wondering why, it echoes Through the lonely palace of Versailles [Verse 5] The ghost of revolution Still prowls the Paris streets Down all the restless centuries It wonders incomplete [Verse 6] It speaks inside the cheap red wine Of cafe summer nights Its red and amber voices Call the cars at traffic lights [Chorus] Why do you wait To see the day begin Your time is wasting in the wind Wondering why Wondering why, it echoes Through the lonely palace of Versailles [Outro] Wondering why, it echoes Through the lonely palace of Versailles