Yvette in English Joni Mitchell

[Verse 1]
He met her in a French café (Yvette)
She slipped in sideways like a cat (Yvette)
Sidelong glances, what a wary little stray (Yvette)
She sticks in his mind like that

[Chorus 1]
Saying, "Avez-vous un allumette?"
With her lips wrapped around a cigarette
Yvette in English saying, "Please have this
Little bit of instant bliss."

[Verse 2]
He's fumbling with her foreign tongue (Yvette)
Reaching for words and drawing blanks (Yvette)
A loudmouth is stricken deaf and dumb (Yvette)
In a bistro on the left bank

[Chorus 2]
"If I were a painter," Picasso said
"I'd paint this girl from toe to head"
Yvette in English saying, "Please have this
Little bit of instant bliss."

[Verse 3]
Burgundy nocturne tips and spills (Yvette)
They trot along nicely in the spreading stain (Yvette)
New chills, new thrills for the old uphill battle (Yvette)
How did he wind up here again?