Lyrics:

Down the road from Santa Colombe
I wonder which town I'll ever call home
Fennel grows wild and fig trees have sown
The tomato guy with stalks on his chest

Oh Santa Colombe, white dove in the valley
They say you perch on St. Michel and talk to the dead

Santa Colombe
The Englishmen traded your soul
Santa Colombe
In the outskirts alone
Tied a lama to the telephone pole

Old Pascal, Good Laura and Tommy
Smokin' at the square outside Club Privé
A pretty little man, a doctor, philosopher
Asked to take a plunge with me in the day

Little does he know, I'm already drowning

Closing my eyes
On the pier over purple calm
Fine Pyrenees
Are for me an escape
From the trouble laying deep in my soul

Rode to town on horseback and saddle
Not an ounce of wine or fear in my veins
My solitary style in life leaves me shadows
Moment in disguise my mind has erased

But Santa Colombe, you tickled her fringes
As she walked the aisle, sweet rose in the air

Santa Colombe
Bind my shoulders and don't let me go
Santa Colombe
In the outskirts alone
Tied a lama to the telephone pole

Written November 2018 by Melissa Chua

Santa Colombe

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