Where Is The Romance? (performed by Laurien Schreuder)

from Jocasta: A Musical Tragedy by Louis Barabbas

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lyrics

I've no problem with the modern
Just the modern of today
It seems so very sudden
And shows no signs of going away
Have we all forgotten
I suppose no one understands
That in my day the modern
Was so full of romance

Where is all the style today?
Where is the elegance?
No one greets with enchanté
Where is the romance?
What was once grand and gracious
And kept us all entranced
Is now just ostentatious
Where is the romance?

Ou est la romance
Ou est la finesse
Au revoir jouissance
Bienvenue tristesse
Ou est la romance
Ou est-ce aujourd'hui
Adieu et bon chance
Salut ennui

There are fewer people starving
In the slums and hinterlands
I'm sure they're very charming
But where is the romance?
Though many may be better off
With this brand new stance
The view from the very top
Is deprived of its romance

Ou est la romance
Ou est la finesse
Au revoir jouissance
Bienvenue tristesse
Ou est la romance
Ou est-ce aujourd'hui
Adieu et bon chance
Salut ennui

It's become a scrum of tourists
Where there used to be flaneurs
We've swapped the top philanthropists
With crass entrepreneurs
Who really wants it this way?
Let me see a show of hands
It's such a sorry soiree
Where is the romance?

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from Jocasta: A Musical Tragedy, released May 5, 2017

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Louis Barabbas Manchester, UK

Louis Barabbas is a writer, performer and firefighter, best known for caustic love songs and energetic stage shows.

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