Marseille

Dedicated to Keith Richards

I’ve been thinking of you today and I recall my dream
of a mysterious coast that is so far away
the waves always splash there and the white seagulls scream
It waits for us, I believe it does
the southern sun shines over us

I’m leaving for Marseille tonight
I just can’t wait for this flight
But I’d like to share this travel with you
C’mon, baby, take my side
Give me a chance to make it right
You know, the sun is shining there and the sea is blue.

Let’s hang around old town it’s cracked up to be
we walk the crowded streets through history
Being long settled by rebels,
This city’s always free
Marseille is a country on its own
it doesn't let you be alone.

I’m leaving for Marseille tonight…

Take a walk on le Panier where smugglers used to live
Now Nhobi paints this bygone paradise
It’s so easy to forget and so easy to forgive
What’s done is done, the dark days are gone.
Now we are here in the shining sun

I’m leaving for Marseille tonight…

Fishermen and sailors, the Turks and the Greeks
Exciting stories about the underworld
Imagine, baby, we get lost in that place for weeks
Talking to new people every night,
baby, we gonna feel alright.

I’m leaving for Marseille tonight…

Every morning in the vieux-port. You and me
The cafe is empty on the sunny side.
A fishing boat by the quai des Belges smells like the sea
we take a trip to the Chateau d'If
Baby, all this was all-too-brief!

April 2022